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BY JENNIFER MORRIS

Editor's Note

BY LEE DAVIDSON

Editor

Assistant Campus Editor

For more information

on Trustee
Robert Lowder, see profile article on
A 3, editorial content on A6 and letters
to the editor on AT.

"Until you learn some

CHRIS COMPTON/Pholo Editor

Trustee Robert Lowder after a meeting of the Commission on Friday, Nov. 20.

manners, I will not

talk to you. Young
lady, I do not want
anything to do
with you."
ROBERT LOWDER
Auburn trustee, speaking to
Davidson at the Nov. 19
Commission
meeting

"Did you get a Plainsman this morning, sir?"

LEE

DAVIDSON

Editor, The Auburn

Plainsman

"No, I'm not interested."

ROBERT LOWDER

LOWDER

Auburn

trustee

"You have blasted my mother and my father,

and you have been very discourteous, and I
don't intend to talk to you. I don't intend to
speak to you."
ROBERT

Auburn

LOWDER

trustee, speaking to Davidson at the Nov. 20 meeting

of the Board of Trustees

This blank space, is intentional and representative of unreported facts.

The Auburn Plainsman has contacted Mr.
Lowder routinely since Oct. 27 in effort to
set up an interview. The most recent calls
were made at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on
Dec. 2.
At these times, as well as at the Nov. 20
Board of Trustees meeting, Lowder was
informed of an intent to print this story
void of his further input.
At the time of press, Lowder's secretary
still said he was unavailable for comment.

Board of Trustees accept Muse's proposals

programs before any is eliminated.
The decision will now be made
Assistant Campus Editor
after Gov.-elect Don Siegelman
The time bomb many feared at takes office, and appoints six new
the Nov. 20 Board of Trustees meet- Auburn trustees.
Trustee Bessie Mae Holloway of
ing never dropped.
Instead of exploding, it will tick Prichard was the only board memuntil April, suspended over the fac- ber to voice distress over pressure
ulty committees chosen to decide for a quick decision while
the fate of Auburn's low-priority trustees Jimmy Samford and James
Tatum expressed late concern for
programs.
Trustees who have pushed and the programs their budget trimprodded what should have been a ming would eliminate.
Holloway spoke as a former edutedious process for eight months,
skidded to a hault accepting, but cator.
"I get very nervous when things
not
approving,
University
are
pushed so fast and I'm nerPresident William V. Muse's
vous
this morning," Holloway
restructuring recommendations.
But in the final meeting of this said,
"I think these recommendations
lengthy process, push never came
to shove. The board decided not to should go to the faculty committee
decide. One decision dissolved the before they come to us."
As trustees changed their tune,
Commission to Review the
defending
the merit of good proUniversity's Role. Instead, the programs will be reveiwed by the grams instead of the need for budmethod Muse has touted all along. get cuts, Muse reminded the board
A faculty review committee will who made the rules.
"I didn't set this time table
meticulously examine each of the

Former Auburn football coach Pat

Dye exercised his stock option as
director of Colonial BancGroup this
fall. Dye bought 50,000 shares of common stock at a fraction of their usual
cost, according to
the
bank's
Securities
and
E x c h a n g e
Commission filings.
He paid $1.54$1.81 for each
share on Sept. 14
DYE
of this year. The
stock
usually
costs nearly $13 per share.
Dye had the right to buy shares at
this price because of his position with
the bank.
"The process is perfectly legal," said
John Jahera, professor of finance and
head of the finance department at the
University.
Oftentimes, companies offer these
stock options as "deferred compensation" to its officers and directors.
"It's not uncommon at all," Jahera
said.
Glenda Allred, assistant to the chairman of Colonial BancGroup, said this
type of transaction does happen often
with public institutions.
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The stocks bring Dye's total hold-!
ings in the BancGroup to about
$800,000. He owns a total of 61,190
shares of stock.
Dye is one of 5,700 shareholders in
the company. He now owns 5.58 percent of the company's 109,664,000
shares of outstanding stocks.
University Senate Chairman Glenn
Howze said, "I'm sure it's legal, but
it's still a strange occurrence. I think it
would be hard to find another example of this."
"It sounds like a sweetheart deal to
me," Howze said.
If Dye were to sell the stocks he
bought in September at today's value,
he would make over half a million dollars.
"I'm dumbfounded" that he could
make that much money with one
transaction," Howze said.
Dye was appointed to Colonial
BancGroup's Board of Directors in
1981, Allred said.
That was the same year he began
coaching Auburn's football team.

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Lowder sits next to Ed Richardson at the board meeting Nov. 20.

you set this time table. If I had
known you were going to wait,
until April to do this, I'd have a lot
more time to get many more people involved," Muse said.
Barry Burkhart, who is chairman
of a committee to evaluate
Auburn's efficiency, said while
some "positive outcomes have

come from this painful process, I

think it would be wise to never do
this again.
"Instead, I ask of the board, if
this type of situation rears its head
in the future, charge the president,
charge the faculty with that task.
And hold us to that responsibilty,"
Burkhart said.

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*rofile: Meet Trustee Robert Lowder

By BILL BARROW

"He has done good things for Auburn, but he

| State/Local Editor
Quiet. Docile. Full of good intensions. These are descriptions of
(Auburn trustee Robert Lowder by
I friends who say they know him
I well.
The same man is described by
I others, including some students,
las power-hungry and micro-man|aging.
Lowder, a 1964 graduate of the
I University, is president and CEO
I of Colonial BancGroup Inc., based
I in Montgomery. He is a former
I national president of the Auburn
I Alumni Association, and has
j served on the Board of Trustees
(since 1983 after his appointment
[by Gov. George G. Wallace.
Lowder's defenders call attenItion to his sizable contribution of
I time, money and ideas to Auburn.
His opponents say he has too
I much power and wants even
| more.
Barry Burkhart, member and
I former chair of University Senate,
I said, "Lowder is in a position to do
I an enormous amount of good for

seems to abuse his power. "

M A R Y CATHERINE BARGANIER

Auburn

student

this university. But he is squandering the opportunity by creating

this atmosphere of mistrust and
hostility.
"It's a tragedy sort of makes
him a tragic figure," Burkhart said.
Sen. Lowell Barron, a trustee
from Fyffe, Ala., stands on the flip
side of the Lowder coin. He
described his relationship to
Lowder as a "friendship" beyond
professional dealings.
Barron has served on the board
since 1991. He has no official business ties to Lowder, but Lowder is
a contributor to his political campaigns, Barron said.
But Barron dismissed all claims
that Lowder's contributions control his votes. "I raised over
$200,000 for my last campaign.
(Lowder) gave me $200 of it. How

does that buy influence? I'm more

independent-minded than that,"
Barron said.
Asked how he would introduce
Lowder to a stranger, Barron said,
"I would tell someone who didn't
know Bobby he was a quiet, gentle
individual. He's extremely bright
and is extremely caring about
Auburn and his friends.
"Once you get to know Bobby
you feel very strongly about him
because he feels that way about
you. He's just an outstanding individual, a fine, moral, Christian
man."
Barron said many of the strong
anti-Lowder
opinions
are
unfounded and based on misinformation and even jealousy.
"Those people get information
from people eaten up with jeal-

CHRIS COMPTON/Photo Editor

Lowder talks with Trustee Jack Venable (middle) during the final meeting of the Commission.

ousy because they see someone

who runs a multi-million dollar
empire because he works 18 hours
a day six days a week, and because
of that he's extremely successful,"
Barron said.
Lowder's service to Auburn is
genuine, Barron said.
"He's always doing good things
for Auburn. Why he's treated as
such a villain is beyond my comprehension," he said.
"You can't always see what he
does," Barron said. "You don't see
his involvement in the decisions
until you're involved in making
them with him. He's just always
full of good ideas."
Barron cited Lowder's suggesCHRIS COMPTON/Photo Editor
tion of David Housel for athletics
Lowder at the Nov. 20 meeting of the Board of Trustees.
director in 1994 as an example of a
"good idea" from Lowder. "He Bowden's departure circulated.
Guard
didn't say it in the domineering
"I think it's been blown way out 1981 served as national presifashion some people paint him in. of proportion. Lowder has dent of the Auburn Alumni
He said, 'What do you all think released statements explaining his Association; sat on the search comabout David Housel?'
side but they are just buried (by mittee responsible for the hiring of
"He's also gotten a lot of ideas the media)," Floyd said.
football coach Patrick F. Dye
rejected, but his ideas are usually
Both Hoyd and Barganier con- 1983 appointed by Gov. George
good enough. He's usually in the firmed they had never met Wallace and confirmed by the
majority," Barron said.
Lowder or observed him at any state Senate to Auburn's Board of
Students, some of whom did not board meeting.
Trustees
know of Lowder until the current
The following is a timeline of the 1983-84 served as chairman of
University review process and life of Robert Lowder, beginning University presidential search
post-Terry Bowden resignation with his involvement with committee that hired James E.
period, also hold _ ^ ^ ^ _ _ _ _
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Martin, Auburn
varying views.
president from
"You don't see his involvement in the
M a r y
1984-92
C a t h e r i n e
1992 Lowder
Barganier,
a decisions until you're involved in making them B u s i n e s s
sophomore
in
Building, named
public relations, with him. He's just always full of good ideas." for Robert's parsaid she knew of
ents, opened to
Lowder before she
students
SENATOR LOWELL BARRON
was an Auburn
1992 served Trustee
student.
on search com"Yes, I knew he was president of Auburn:
mittee responsible for hiring of
Colonial Bank and a trustee. I 1960 graduated from Sidney football coach Terry W Bowden
knew he was a rich son-of-a-gun," Lanier
High
School
in 1995 trustee term expires; Gov.
Barganier said. "He has done good Montgomery; played football; Fob James' efforts to appoint a
things for Auburn, but he seems to began his freshman year at the replacement are unsuccessful, as
abuse his power, and it's obvious University in the fall.
his nominations fail in the state
he has no business still being on 1964 graduated with high hon- senate; Alabama Supreme Court !
the Board of Trustees."
ors from Auburn; member of rules in favor of Lowder saying
Wess Floyd, a freshman in mass Sigma Nu fraternity
incumbent trustees shall remain
communications, said he was not 1964-66 United States Army
on the board until replacements
familiar with Lowder until accusa- 1966-68 Alabama National are nominated and confirmed.
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Staff Writer
Citizens spoke out in protest of
year-round city schooling polls and
the future of Lee County Road 159,
two topics before the City Council
Tuesday.
On the year-round school issue,
Dave Elton of 222 Singleton St.,
denounced recent polls given to
judge interest in year-round schooling, when he said they were mishandled. He had the poll professionally reviewed, and quoted from
that review.
"The survey doesn't take into
consideration those that oppose the
change in the calendar year," he
said.
Elton cited other discrepancies
with the poll, such as whether parents get one or two polls, and
THINH NGUYEN/Assistan Photo Edtor whether children get polled and if

Dave Elton of 22 Singleton St.-, spurs debate at Tuesday's City Council meeting concerning polling * ^ 2 J ^ s h o u l d
surveys. The polls were aimed to account for local opinions about possible year-round schools.

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Since the poll ran in a newspaper,

Elton said correct accountability
would be nearly impossible.
In addition, council discussed the
future of Lee County Road 159.
Two opposing interests included
citizens of Lee County Road 159 an
Maritn Marietta Aggregates, a company that provides crushed stone
and owns a quarry on the road.
Mary Lou Smith of the Sandhill
community, which is based on the
road, protested its closure, as proposed by Martin Marietta.
Smith argued that several residential homes in the area use the
road daily.
Steve Allen, a spokesman for
Martin Marietta, said the road
needed to be closed to prolong the
life of the quarry because the rock
needed by the company extends
through the road.
He noted that the road and a
bridge on that road had been condemned by professionals a few

years earlier.
Allen also added that Marti
Marietta sold more than 700,00
tons of rock locally last year.
Councilmember
Arthur
Dowdell, said, "If I had to vot
tonight, I wold vote to close (th
road). A lot of people depend o
the quarry. I also think it is a dange
for any 18-wheeler to cross th
bridge."
In oth^r action, the council:
Passed an ordinance that polit
cal signs can be posted no soonc
than 30 days prior to election an
must be removed seven days affa
the election.
Granted a request by Chamber c
Commerce to close the section
Magnolia Street that runs fror
College Street to Wright Street Jar
10, 1998, for a "Youth for Christ
event.
Approved a request from th
Uptown Merchants to hold a side
walk sale Dec. 5,1998.

Council approves $3.2 million library

other city departments at the city
hall complex and because the current facility is simply too small.
Staff Writer
"Prior to 1987, the City Library
The Auburn City Council
was
at the Kinnucan's location on
approved a resolution to contract
Gay
street," Watson said. "The
out engineering and design serpresent
facility is 11 years old and
vices for a new city library.
has only about 10,000 square feet
The library will be built at the
of space.
corner of Thach Avenue and
"We just need a larger facility,"
Dean Road where Lakeview
he
said.
Baptist Church was formerly
The
design contract has been
located.
given
out
to Williams-Blackstock
It will be about 25,000 square feet
Architects
of Birmingham. The
with plans for further additions
total
cost
of
the construction is
to be built within the following 10
estimated
at
more
than $3.2 milyears.
lion.
City Manager Doug Watson"
"The voters will have to pass a
said there is a need for a new
referendum,
probably in late
facility because of space needs for
BY ADAM B. HOSE

February or early March, before

construction can begin, but there
will be no new taxes involved,"
Watson said.
"Assuming the referendum
passes, construction will begin
around this time next year,"
Watson said.Librarian Margie
Huffman said she is excited about
the new library.
She said the current library is
doing well, but is just too small.
Huffman said the current
library has many programs that
will continue to grow with the
new library.
"Our biggest emphasis is our
children's programs," Huffman
said.

"We will continue having our

pre-school story times, our special holiday programs and our
summer reading programs for
our children up to the sixth
grade."
"Our library is a community
library. It is much different than a
university research library,"
Watson said.
Huffman said that even though
it is a community library it is still
used by many University students.
The current library is open
Monday through Thursday from
9 a.m to 7 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m
to 5 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to
noon and Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m.

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Lakeview Baptist Church, formerly located on the corner of Deai

Road and Thach Avenue, will be the site for the new city library.

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Preven: Morning-after pill now on market

BY LORI MOORE

Staff Writer
Few mishaps in life can be averted after the
fact. An accidental pregnancy can be ended if
caught early enough.
The Federal Drug Administration approved
Preven, the first commercial "morning-after
pill," Sept. 1.
While similar drugs have been used for nearly two decades, Preven's approval marks the
first to be openly promoted.
Gynetics Inc., Preven's maker, reports there
are 2.7 million unintentional pregnancies annually. Half result from failed birth control.
These pregnancies account for 1.4 million
abortions in America each year.
"We especially see those who have had an
abortion before, and don't want to go through
that trauma again," said Olivia Jacobs, a phone
counselor at the Feminist Women's Clinic in
Atlanta. "The doctors prescribe three to four
women per week on a walk-in basis," Jacobs
said.
The FDA's greenlighting of Preven has stirred
up controversy based on politics, safety concerns and moral beliefs.
"It's been promoted as contraception, but it's
not," said Kirk Walden, executive director of
Women's Hope Medical Clinic in Auburn. "It is
and causes exceptional nausea. It's not as easy
;'. an abortifacient, which prevents pregnancy after
as they think," Grahme said.
', it already happened."
Grahme recommends the use of regular birth
Preven, consisting of two concentrated doses
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Timing and desperation pose the greatest
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seek the pills are in for a rough time.
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are already on birth control and have somehow
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treatment's age-old method actually prevents
pregnancy.
Preven delays ovulation-this much is certain.
But the theory that the pill keeps fertilized eggs
from attaching to the uterus, which causes
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"Others may call it contraception, but we disagree," Walden said. "Our clinic does not do
abortion, so we are not involved."
The Lee County Health Clinic also doesn't use
Preven.
"I feel it won't be too far down the road, but
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Insurance companies who cover birth control
will cover emergency contraceptives. Lori Agin,
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OPINIONS
The expressions of this
newspaper's opinion are
restricted to this page. The
unsigned editorials reflect
the views of The Auburn
Plainsman's editorial
board which is comprised of
the executive staff,
section editors and
assistants. Other opinion,
often contrasting, is offered
in adjoining columns. .
EDITORIAL BOARD
Lee Davidson
Editor
Matt Romano
Managing Editor
Karlyn Bogie
Copy Chief
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State /LocalEditor
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Campus Editor
David Ching
Intrigue Editor
Steve Raymond
Sports Editor
Chris Compton
Photo Editor
Jason Key
Art Editor
Robert J. Edmonds
Business Manager

iWwky.Deft 3.1998

Our View

Board needs restructuring

uburn University's Board of

Trustees needs to have an
overhaul of the laws governing its existence
if it is to fairly represent Auburn University
and operate effectively.
It is a requirement that board members
live in Alabama. This creates a breeding
ground for individuals such as Robert
Lowder to sink their claws into a board and
assert dominance.
There is a limited number of
people with comparable financial
pull to play on Lowder's level.
When you limit your resource
pool to within Alabama, you are
further limiting the number of
applicants from which to draw
capable, dependable trustees.
How can the board effectively
do what is right for Auburn
when it is making decisions for
an audience it cannot relate to
and does not understand?
The structure of the board is
unique here in Alabama and so
far, it is not working.

Gov.-elect Don Siegelman will likely

reappoint Lowder to Auburn's Board of
Trustees in January. It will be a political
favor that Lowder bought with his sizeable
contributions to Siegelman's campaign.
If Lowder still wants a seat on the board,
it will be his for the taking. The question is
whether the heat has gotten to him yet.
Maybe he has had enough and is ready to
get out of the kitchen once and for all.
However, there are six seats to be filled in
January. If appointed, Lowder will only

hold one. Siegelman can fulfill his obligation to Lowder and still provide Auburn
with an equitable board.
Out-of-state board members should be
considered. Look at Don Logan, Chief
Executive Officer of Time Warner Cable in
New York, or Lamar Durrett, president of
Air Canada.
Auburn is shaped by the growing diversity of its student and alumni population
some of whom leave Alabama to pursue
greatness. Our potential is not limited to
the success we can create with
state boundaries.
Our board should not stifle that
development by being such a
poor sampling of what Auburn
has to offer.
A constitutional amendment is
necessary to enact this change
and time may not permit.
Therefore, short-term solutions
may be out of reach for the
board's current problems, but a
major restructuring of the board
is necessary if future problems
are to be avoided. This is now up
to Siegelman.

Lee Davidson

Blank space
emphasizes
importance

Once again The Auburn Plainsman is

exploring uncharted territory. This was
first accomplished by writing a story
about a man named Robert Lowder and
showing his tangible connections tying
his political influence to controlling
other Board of Trustee members. Now
we are running an article void of any
text.
This is a unique occurrence and is not
one to be repeated. It is done for
emphasis, and it is done for the sake of the students.
We had to get your attention. Credit
the subject matter's importance to your"
lives to necessitate such dramatic
action.
The story could have been written
with supporting quotes and text w r a p
ping around the lift-out quotes that
were used instead. But these quotes
told the whole story. There was no reason to distract it with more text.
The blank space emphasized the
importance of Lowder's refusal to talk
to an end.
chance to work with in your coaching career. to the newspaper who broke the story
Next year promises to be a year of transiThe one constant throughout this tumul- revealing his dominance in Auburn.
tion
for
Auburn
athletics
and.
academics
tuous
season has been the faith of the playoach
Tommy
Tuberville
is
off
to
a
Mistakes sometimes occur
Lowder invited The Birmingham
alike.
ers the kids balancing work and school News into his home for a leisurely
good start. He is just what the
in the production of The
Tuberville is armed with determination,
and sport for the sake of the game.
wounded Auburn family needs. Finally,
interview. He treated The Huntsville
Auburn Plainsman. When
humility
and
a
love
for
the
game
that
will
The larger Auburn family could take a les- Times similarly. However, he walked
someone
has
said
ours
is
a-game
of
integricorrections are necessary,
son from their perseverance and heart. away shaking his finger at me when I
they are printed on page A3 ty that incorporates honest sportsmanship see him through, accomplishing great
things
along
the
way.
Don't give up on Auburn. We're still kick- asked him to let Auburn students hear
and
a
love
for
football.
in the following week's
ing.
Football
is
a
driving
influence
in
Auburn.
Keep
your
positive
attitude.
Show
the
true
his side of the story. At both the
edition.
Community morale and city economy is
Auburn spirit. You're right, it's not about
Welcome Coach. Get to know our town, Commission meeting and the Board of
determined by how well our football team
being an Auburn man. It's about being a our people and our team. You have a won- Trustees meeting, I requested an interperforms.
good man and a good coach. That is what it derful opportunity in front of you, and we view.
means to be an Auburn man.
look forward to seeing you in action on the
The "nightmare" last five weeks of
Many staff members have asked him
uncertainty Athletics Director David
We welcome you to the Plains and to the Plains.
for a chance to tell us about himself,
Housel so aptly described finally has come
best group of athletes you will ever have a
War Eagle.
too. He has clearly said he wants nothing to do with us. We approach him
with respect and are armed not with
reproach nor aggression, but with a sincere desire to tell the truth.
But still he won't talk. This is fine; it
"The time has come, it has even
no right to speak on behalf of the
Auburn is a university. It is a
is
his
right to chose not to talk to the
past come, for me to stand up to
student body without consulting
university that would not exist
press..
However, he is a trustee he is
the board. I apologize on behalf of
them first.
without the students, which you
charged with serving Auburn
the student body to the board and
You did not consult the SGA
are their elected leader.
specifically Mr. Lowder, for the
Senate before doing this. You did
Speak their voices. If they want University. To withhold critical informapress' use of artful quotation to
not seek its opinion.
Bobby Lowder gone, tell him. If tion from the news source that is led by,'
create antagonism where there
You need to learn to speak your not, tell him that too, but at least students and geared for students is not \
was none before."
find out their opinion and let it be smart for Lowder.
mind instead of being a politician
We are his constituents, and yet he
known.
who kisses up to people more
That is what our SGA presiwants nothing to do with us. We don't
powerful than him.
dent, Will Stegall, had to say to
This issue about the Board of
the Board of Trustees during its
Trustees has been going on since claim to be the voice of Auburn stuFor the sake of Auburn
meeting Nov. 20.
1995, it just hasn't been reported. dents, but we do provide a sounding
University you must let the stubility,
Mr.
Stegall,
to
stand
up
and
dents'
voices
be
heard.
Other presidents haven't spo- board for the thousands of student voicThe first thing I would like to
do what is best for the students
ken up but that doesn't mean you es to be heard. We tell the stories that
do is commend our SGA presiDo more than just make a oneand uphold what they believe in.
need to be told. That is our duty.
can't.
dent. It is about time he said
time speech in front of the board,
On
this
issue,
you
did
not
speak
Additionally, because Lowder has not
something during these meetings
do more than fight for only our
There is still time and your
of
their
opinion.
Since
the
press
denied
anything, is he not inadvertently
instead of sitting there doing
student activity funds being cut.
tenure is still young.
admitting
guilt?
nothing as the students' voices go has come out about the board and
You can either sit back and
Student activities are vital to
Mr. Lowder in The Auburn
He has plenty of friends who will
wasted.
enjoy the ride or speak up and let
Auburn, but so are other proPlainsman, we have received a
sing his praises and proclaim his innoAuburn's students' voice be
grams. Speak the students' mind
But Mr. Stegall I must ask you
positive
response
from
an
overon these programs. Let their voice heard. You are our leader, make cence for him. This is evident in the
one question when you speak
whelming
majority
of
the
stuprofile article which is on A3 of this
the students proud.
be heard.
on behalf of the student body, do
dents.
week's paper.
you speak to the students before
Mr. Stegall, you should be a
The students support us and
This profile was written to inform
Sieve Raymond is Sporls editor
you make statements for them?
leader and at the forefront of this
students (to the best of our ability withdebate.
(or The A uhurn Plainsman.
You have an awesome responsi- you, as the SGA president have
out quotes from Lowder himself) about
the facts and background of Lowder.
We want to inform students.
Our intent is not to confuse or mislead
with sensationalism. Our intent is
It's not just how much you
building and even hinted at
too much of daddy's money on
to
drive
home the importance of what
give, it's how you go about givenjoying the concept of Lowder
his hands.
this
pivotal
man has to say in his own
ing it.
University for a day.
The type of action Jim Nelson
defense.
Take Jim Nelson. Mr. Nelson is
Lowder says he loves Auburn. doesn't feel obligated to do.
If our style of expression is viewed as
from Texas, and not unlike a
Mr. Nelson quietly showed he
By the way, in case you were
great deal of Texans, he has lived
loves Texas A&M.
wondering how the story of Mr. off-color to some, then simply let three
a very interesting life.
Nelson ended, A&M's Petroleum things be understood: one, Lowder is I will not be so bold as to
Engineering department recently powerful; two, he doesn't want stuAfter serving his country in
speak on behalf of this
proposed naming their premier dents to know what he is doing; and
World War II, Mr. Nelson came
University's students.
home to graduate from Texas
To do so would be both foolish scholarship program the Nelson three, he has acknowledged the validity,
of everything we have printed, by
A&M University in 1949, then
and ignorant as I possess neither Scholars program.
virtue of his refusal to speak out against
spent the next five decades in the
the authority nor the knowledge
An uneasy Mr. Nelson is still
read
about
him
in
the
Texas
us.
oil business.
to speak for such a contingent.
considering.
A&M Foundation's "Spirit"
If Lowder cares for Auburn as he pro*
What I do know comes from
I hope I'm wrong about
He made his living, made his
newsletter.
fesses
to, wouldn't he want students to
the
multitude
of
feedback
we
at
Lowder.
I
hope
he
really
does
millions, and now he has decidIt does relate to us in a deeper
The Auburn Plainsman have
want what's best for Auburn and know that? For some students, the camed it's time to start giving back.
sense as it serves as a model to
received from students, alumni
if I had the opportunity to meet pus newspaper is the only print media
Last December, Mr. Nelson
how one should support the
and faculty, and from that inforhim, I would be more than will- they are exposed to. And some students
donated $10 million to his alma
causes they care about, namely
don't even read that. This validates the
mation I have determined one
ing to give him a fair shot.
mater's petroleum engineering
their alma mater.
extraordinary
layout technique for the
clear consensus.
department, the department he
But for now, I don't know the
This
brings
us
to
Robert
front
page.
graduated from. Upon doing so,
man and all I know about him
Bobby Lowder's mere presLowder. I don't know what;
We are trying to reach students who
he made one very important
comes from his actions and his
ence on the board, whether he's
exactly
Lowder
is
up
to.
I
don't
normally
wouldn't pick up a paper.
stipulation nothing may be
comments, or lack thereof, and
done anything wrong or not, is
know how many people he has
The
simple
facts presented are worth
named after him. Instead, he
all I can take from those observaenough to create a destructive
in his pocket, if any at all. I don't
requested the department be
tions is that it isn't the advance- more than a passing glance. This is a
amount of dissension among the
know what he's done, and I
good time to read The Auburn Plainsman.
renamed for Harold Vance, a
ment of Auburn that Robert
already dysfunctional Auburn
don't know what he plans to do.
Our approach accomplishes the goal of
professor at A&M when Nelson
Lowder has in mind.
family.
What I do know is this: Bobby
encouraging closer examination by more
was a student. He also estabI want to like Bobby Lowder.
If Lowder truly cared about
Lowder could leam a whole helstudents.
lished two chairs in petroleum ,
He says he loves Auburn, and
what's best for Auburn in the
The Auburn Plainsman felt this was the
engineering, named for Albert B. luva a lot from a man like Mr.
that should be enough. But as
21st century, he would step
best way to ask once again for an interStevens and Robert Whiting, two James K.B. Nelson.
down from the Board of Trustees cliche as it is, actions do speak
Mr. Nelson insisted after his
more of Nelson's professors.
louder than words. Control of a view with Mr. Lowder. Please call us at
and sit in his Montgomery man$10 million contribution that his
school shouldn't be collateral for 844-4130, and we'll set up a convenient
sion quietly writing checks to
So what's the deal? What does
name not be associated with it in support the University he claims
time to talk.
a few hefty donations.
this have to do with Auburn?
any way. Lowder enjoys remind- to hold so dear to his heart.
On the surface, very little. Mr.
ing anyone who will listen that
Mall Romano is managing editor
Leii Davidson is editor of
Any other action is a search for
Nelson never mentions the
his daddy built the business
power by a frail little man with
Loveliest Village in die article I
lor The A uhurn Plainsman.
The A uhurn Plainsman.

CORRECTIONS

Tuberville off to encouraging start

SGA misses mark in criticism of media

Steve Raymond

Actions speak Lowder than words

Matt Romano

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[Thursday, Dec. 3,1998

A7

LETTERS POLICY

O N THE CONCOURSE
Do you feel the Board of Trustees should be restricted to alumni who live in Alabama?
Interviews and photos by Thinh Nguyen, assistant photo editor.

ALEX BOWMAN
Freshman, psychology

KIM MARTZ
Sophomore, engineering

MILLARD JOHNSON
LORI COWART
LEE ROACH
Graduate student, public administration]unior, philosophy
Senior, human development-family studies

"No, not really. My dad is an

alumnus, and he's a great guy.
He lives in Bay St. Louis, Miss. "

"No, I don't think that's fair. I

don't think it depends on where
you live so much as how much
you care about the University."

"I think it should be any of the

alumni. As long as you are an
alumnus you have that right
whether you are from Alabama or
Ecuador."

"Given Alabama's history in

higher ed, a new venue is due. It
is without question that the old
guard leadership has failed pooriy"

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Across-board cuts Pete Jenkins: a coach, a friend * <**<*>

reward inefficiency
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman,
I take exception to Ben
Buckner's article in your Nov. 12
issue. The headline of the article
says it all. Namely, "Across-theboard cuts provide only answer"
(to the departmental cutting
process in the face of budgetary
cutbacks.)
Across-the-board cuts have the
advantages of (1) sounding emiI' nently "fair" and (2) exempting
administrators from difficult decisions involving which departmental budgets should be cut and by
how much.
In fact, across-the-board cuts in
any organization unfairly penalize
efficient performance and inflate
budgets.
Across-the-board cuts are based
on the assumption that all units
(in this case, departments) are performing equally efficiently.
This assumption is rarely true in
the real world. Units usually vary
widely in their efficiencies, ranging from those that are inefficiently run (i.e., those that are uneconomically run, with considerable
fat or waste) and those that are
efficiently run (i.e., those that
make the best possible use of the
funds they receive to carry out
their missions).
An across-the-board cut does
little damage to an inefficiently
run unit. To such "fat" units the
cut means that the unit has only to
eliminate some of its "fat." The
unit still maintains its basic
resources and can continue to
function.
The "leaner," more efficient
unit, however, is not so lucky.
For such a unit every budgetary
cut means a reduction in its core
capacities, all of which are already
being employed to the maximum.
In short, while a budgetary cut
to a "fat," inefficient unit may be
an annoyance, for a "lean," efficient unit such a cut may impair
its essential functions.
Across-the-board cuts, therefore,
reward inefficiency and penalize
efficiency.
A side effect of across-the board

cuts is overall inflation of unit

budgets and the organization's
overall budget. This is most obvious in the federal government
where agencies each year receive
annual appropriation from
Congress. It sometimes occurs
that toward the end a fiscal year,
and I have witnessed this personally, some agencies have not yet
spent all of their allocated funds.
To admit this to Congress would
invite a reduction of such agencies' budgets for the following
year.
As a result they begin to spend
wildly and not always wisely
as their fiscal year draws to a
close in anticipation that their next
year's allocation will be at least as
much as that for the current year.
And as their unit budgets
increase, so does the budget of the
organization as a whole.
To reward efficient unit-departmental behavior and to discourage budget padding, administrators who allocate funds should
eschew across-the-board cuts and
instead assess the efficiency and
overall contribution of each unit
and only then allocate funds.
This, however, is a difficult and
time-consuming process which
can create considerable rancor and
ill-feeling among departments.
Across-the-board cuts avoid this
whole difficult process.
But should University administrators be excused from making
selective budget cuts just because
the activity is so difficult? I think
instead they should be made to
make the hard, selective budgetcutting decisions that they are
being paid to (and have already
begun to) make.
They should not be allowed to
take the easy way out and impose
across-the-board cuts to departments while wrapping themselves
in any cloak of putative "equitability" or "fairness."

Editor, The Auburn Plainsman,

I want to welcome all of the
new football coaches to Auburn
University. You know that you
have to fill some pretty big shoes
I just want to take the time to tell
you about one of the greatest
individuals I have ever met. His
name is Pete Jenkins.
To me, Coach Jenkins is the
standard all coaches should
model themselves after.
Coach Jenkins is more than a
coach. Coach Jenkins is role
model that everyone should try
to pattern themselves after. Very
rarely can anyone say that after
just one encounter with an individuals their life was enhanced.
However, after meeting Coach

Jenkins I could say that. The sincerity that he displayed to his

players, co-workers, and individual that he encountered is what
defines Coach Jenkins.
He always had time for his
players,, both past and present,
Tigerettes and Tiger Host, coworkers and anybody that just
stopped by to just say hey. Coach
Jenkins just cared.
While I did not have the distinct honor to play for him, Coach
Jenkins always had time to listen
and give advice.
However, Coach Jenkins would
not have been complete if it were
not for his wife, Donna.
Together, these two comprise
my idea of a perfect marriage.

JASON KEY/Art Editor

4th Quarter owner defends club's actions

I k

more pure, the crowd starts showing the

effects of the music. We have observed this
from three years of playing different levels of
each music. We now only play a mix of the
milder techno music and hip-hop music.
Another reason we do not plan on having
either night is that we do not condone drugs
or violence and do not want to be associated
with people who do.
In the past three months, (the busiest of the
year), only 12 people were turned away and
did not return because of hip hop style clothing. Of those 12 people, only five of them
were African-American. Four of the seven
Caucasians were in the military at Fort
Benning.
Our dress code is used to keep the appearance of our crowd desirable. We want people
to dress up to enter our establishment. We are
a place to socialize, dance, eat and drink with
your friends. We expect people to shower
and put on a decent set of clothing before
going out. Ninety-nine percent of all people
dress up before they go out at night anyway.
Our dress code does not allow plain white Tshirts, jerseys or tank tops. This is because we
don't want people to get out of bed, get off
the practice field, leave the gym, and head
straight to our establishment. We do not
allow hip-hop style clothing to eliminate
super baggy pants that cover the shoes and
hang down past the waist. This eliminates a

Eddie James
Senior, industrial engineering

Alumni
give lots
of money

Robert Quinn
Organizational psychologist
Dadeville

Editor, Tlie Auburn Plainsman,

This letter is not for the thousands of
patrons of the 4th Quarter, because they
already know the insinuations made two
weeks ago are comical. It is for the thousands
of people who have never been to the 4th
Quarter because a person is mad that we
would not let him have a hip-hop style party
in our establishment.
- When we decided not to have it, he lost a
possible money making opportunity. He then
found three people out of 40,000 to give a
negative comment about our establishment.
He attacked our character and dress code to
attempt to give his complaint validity.
Neither of which are the issue. I seriously
doubt that those three people with the negative comments have never been in our establishment.
We will not respond to the racial issue
because only a blind person could frequent
pur business and believe that. The real issue
is that we no longer want to have any "Hiphop or Techno style" nights. Each type of
event brings out a large group of decent people, but each has its drawbacks. From our
experience the techno music seems to make
people dance wildly, swinging their arms and
kicking their legs. The hip-hop style music
seems to incite the crowd because of its lyrics,
which primarily describe and condone the use
of drugs and violence. As the music gets

I do not know what Coach

Jenkins is going to do next, I just
wanted to say thank you for making a difference in so many people's lives, especially mine.
I hope I have made it clear the
standard that this man set. I challenge every new Auburn coach to
try and meet it. I hope that
everyone of you welcomes the
challenge and does what is best
for Auburn, Auburn football and
most of all the lives that you will
impact.
I know you will do a great job.

tripping hazard and underwear hanging out

of people's clothes. Also, baggy clothing
makes it very difficult to detect weapons or
alcohol hidden under them. Weapons have
never been an issue inside our business before
and do not feel that we should inconvenience
900 customers by searching everyone at the
door just because four people are wearing
baggy clothes. We believe that "the needs of
the many outweigh the needs of the few."
On a normal night, nearly 80 people do not
gain entry to our club because they do not
have a valid ID. At least 10 do not get in
because they are too intoxicated, and about
six are refused due to the use of fowl language while waiting to show their ID. Maybe
one person is refused a night due to hip-hop
style clothing.
The "real problem" is that a person who has
no place to have a party is upset because we
are not interested in having it for him. It is
surely not our responsibility to have a party
for each and every person who attends our
establishment. If we do have any other type
of additional night, it would probably be a
70's disco night. That is "our" music preference.
Patrick J. Grider
Co-owner, 4th Quarter

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Editor, Tlte Auburn Plainsman,

I would submit that AU alumni have been quite active on
non-athletic University improvements. Most of the improvements in the engineering school
were only possible by significant
alumni contributions.
Furthermore, alumni pay
taxes like everyone else ...
(except most college students,
that is).
Finally, alumni can do whatever they choose to do with their
money, contribute to athletics,
the Greater Auburn Fund, or a
trip to Hawaii.
Rather than write an article
alienating alumni who choose to
make charitable contributions
(most heavy athletic contributors do the same for academic
interests), why not show a little
gratitude for the things alumni
have contributed.
If you want to impune someone for what AU does not
have,why not start with ungracious, self-serving, whiney students who like to point fingers
and cast blame.
Nothing can stifle the flow of
alumni contributions any better.
I am not rich, and can barley
afford a ticket to a game, let
alone a sky box.
I have no desire to defend the
rich, because like you, I cannot
relate to them.
But I am grateful they exist
and they choose to send money
to AU in the amounts they do.
Perhaps you mean well. Please,
don't make yourself a barrier to
the charity that does find its
way to my beloved Loveliest
Village on the Plains.
Ken Ingram
Class of 1981

Merry Christmas
Auburn, from your
jolly old friends at
The Auburn
Plainsman.

to the
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TWsclay,Dec.3,199g

Playful project swinging into community neighborhood

group s primary concerns.
"We
worked
with
the
Copy Chief
Department
of
Parks
and
By late April, children will be Recreation and identified Hickory
; climbing over a miniature Samford Lane Park (which the new playHall and playing hide-and-seek in ground will replace)," Thomas
an Eagle's Nest treehouse at a new said.
After identifying the piece of
Auburn-themed playground.
property,
the committee turned to
The playground, located on a
another
goal,
allowing children to
1,500 square foot piece of land in
the Cary Woods neighborhood, help design the park.
On Design Day, Nov. 4, children
will be privately funded by
Auburn citizens and students, who from each school in the city were
will then "give it back to the city," asked what types of things they
said Suzy Thomas, general coordi- wanted to have in the playground,
and the architects used their ideas
nator for the project.
"The city will end up owning (it), to create a model.
Several University students
or it will be given to the city," said
Auburn Mayor Bill Ham about the from the architecture, landscape
playground, which will be built design and building science
departments helped the children
the week of April 6-11.
Thomas said she and other put their ideas on paper, Thomas
Auburn residents began lobbying said. "It was a big deal for them to
for a new playground because "it's do, that I think they had a great
been identified as a need for the time.
"(The students) asked them
-past several years by many different groups. It's an obvious thing what their dream (playground)
would be and the kids told them...
, that's missing."
At first, Thomas said, the com- (The architects) pretty much made
mittee considered building the the playground like what they
playground near East Alabama said," she said.
The playground, which was
Medical Center, but that piece of
and
land "wasn't desirable" because it designed by Leathers
was located near a lake. The'water Associates of Ithaca, N.Y., will
.would make it less safe for chil- have a distinct Auburn flavor and
dren, and safety is one of the harbor a variety of fun-filled activBY KARLYN BOGIE

CONTRIBUTED

Children from local schools tell designers what they would want
in their 'dream1 playground during Design Day, Nov. 4.
ities for children of various ages. It
will include an Eagle's Nest treehouse, "twisty" slides, a miniature
Samford Hall playhouse, rope and
rock-climbing walls and bridges.
"It's going to be a very complete
park," Thomas said. "It should be
a very interactive play space."
She said the committee chose
Leathers and Associates because it
designed playgrounds in collaboration with the community.
Those interested can visit the
company's Web site (www.leathersassociates.com) to see samples of

other playgrounds it has built.

Another aspect of the playground the committee was concerned with was accessibility to
the handicapped. "A big thing too
is that we don't really have a handicapped park," Thomas said.
She said the playground will
exceed 50 percent handicapped
accessibility and will also have
extra safety measures.
Thomas said another feature the
committee felt was important is
that the playground will be a "destination park." The theory behind

this is "a parent would have to

take their child there."
Another goal the committee set
out for the playground was to
deter vandalism in the neighborhood. To do this, the committee
will recruit high school students to
help build the playground.
The project was approved by
the Auburn City Council in midNovember and has been wellreceived by the community,
Thomas said. The committee sent a
letter to Cary Woods residents to
tell them about the project.
Thomas said they have received
no calls in opposition to the project
and several people even offered to
help.
After receiving the go-ahead
from the City Council, the committee began its effort to raise the
$80,000 to $100,000 needed to build
the playground Nov. 30 and will
continue with a "big push in
December," Thomas said.
Funding for the playground will
come from private donations.
"Everybody can buy into this
thing. We're going to address volunteer organizations, large businesses, small businesses and corporations," Thomas said.
Ham, who is on the fund-raising
committee, said, "We have a good
bit of interest from different busi-

ness entities.
"(Fund raising) probably won't
start in earnest until January, but
there have been people who are;
aware of the project and and have:
expressed interest in donating."
Ham said one corporation has,
already pledged $10,000, and a*
civic club has committed $1,000 for
the playground.
The playground will be built in
just one week by 3,000 volunteers
from the community. Crews of 100
people per shift will work three
four-hour shifts per day, Thomas
said.
The committee will provide food
and daycare for those who come to
help.
Thomas said it will be like a
"huge community barnbuilding, a
party. It's going to be really fun."
She said the group welcome$
anyone who wants to help, include
ing Auburn students. "We would
really love student participation,
and there are many ways to participate."
Thomas said the community
effort to build and fund the new.
playground will be beneficial to
everyone, not just to children.
It will also aid in "the process of
building camaraderie in the com'
munity. There will be no price on
that."

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Muse underscores importance of liberal arts

future of the graduate school on campus,
the importance of it, and how it can better
I Staff Writer
serve the community.
David Promis, GSC president, said the
Auburn's graduate students now have
council was eager to hear what Muse had
Imany of their restructuring questions
to say.
lanswered.
"This is the first time Muse has
When asked at the Graduate Student
addressed this organization. We are happy
ICouncil meeting if the College of Liberal
that he has taken time out of his busy
lArts was going to survive, University
schedule to cover these issues," Promis
President William V. Muse said that it defsaid.
linitely had a place here.
"We have a lot of questions about
He said although the areas of strength
restructuring
on campus," he said.
I are agriculture and engineering, liberal
At the meeting, Muse commended
I arts is one of the foundations of the undereveryone for continuing their education.
I graduates.
Muse said he remembered getting his
The GSC has about 2,700 members.
Ph.D. He said he could relate to the stuIEveryone in the graduate school is autodents, because he remembered how diffiImatically a member.
cult it was.
This council exists to be a voice for its
"The first year, I almost quit and joined
I members, acting as the official graduate
the
Marines. I figured the Marines could(student representative.
n't be any worse," Muse said.
Monday night Muse discussed the
BY MALLORT DRAPER

Muse said he was proud of the graduate things and not focus
program and advised the students to stick on others," he said.
to it.
Recommendations
Muse then explained how Auburn was called for a 10 percent
trying to strengthen its funding. He said cut in administration
they were trying hard to provide enough and a 5 percent cut in
funding for the graduate students.
academics.
"I know what it is like to go week to
The GSC wanted to
week, wondering if you have enough know how the Board
MUSE
money to survive," he said.
of Trustees saw the
The floor was opened for questions, and graduate students.
many graduate students took this oppor"The board did adopt a policy that the
tunity to ask about restructuring.
undergraduate
program
was
the
"The priorities were largely selected by University's first priority.
a task force that I appointed.
"However, we will try to offer graduate
"The idea is to try to be excellent in programs of high quality to these students.
everything you do. A university that is
"As an organization, you have the
strong in one area is typically known to be opportunity to express a collective voice. If
strong in other areas," Muse said.
you want to express your opinion, do so,"
"We do not have the money to support Muse said.
every area. The state will not give us more
Muse reminded the students that they
money. We have to do our best in some had to be competitive if they wanted to

have the best graduate program.

James Ledbetter, a GTA for U101, said as
unfortunate as cuts seem to be, they are
necessary.
"Not every program can be equally
funded. Funding is a major problem, and
this is just the result of it," Ledbetter said.
There has recently been a decline in
graduate student enrollment. There are
fellowships, which offer tuition waivers
for GTAs and GRAs.
"Fellowships at this point are for doctoral students only, but will soon be phased
into master's students as well.
"We are not as competitive. We need to
get more graduate students involved,"
Ledbetter said.
Promis said graduate students are part
of the Auburn family, but are unique.
"We are not the typical student, but we
do have needs that should be addressed,"
he said.

Largest freshman class squeezes budget Bone marrow match

found before SGA drive

BY CLARKE PITTS

I Staff Writer
Too many freshmen
are
I enrolling in the University causing a lack of sufficient core curriculum class seats and instructors.
Rebekah H. Pindzola, associate
1
dean for academic affairs, said
the core curriculum for the
I College of Liberal Arts is prepared to handle 3,000 to 3,200
incoming freshmen per year.
The incoming number of freshmen for fall quarter 1997 was
1
about 3,600, and the total for fall
1
quarter 1998 was 3,706.
This is more than the College
I of Liberal Arts can provide classes for, and 400 or more students
j cannot get the classes they need,
she said.
"We have only been given
funding for 3,000 to 3,200 students. We have not been given
permanent funding to use for the
extra students."
; Although more students means
more tuition funds, that money
has not been appropriated to the
'College of Liberal Arts, she said.
. Even more money would not
guarantee an instant solution.
Pindzola said, "If I had a wheelbarrow full of money delivered
to my door, I couldn't hire teachers on the spot."
Even if more teachers could be
hired on the spot, there would be
no offices to put them in, not
enough classrooms for the students and the department would
not be large enough to manage it
all.
The 21st Century Commission

ident of enrollment management

services, is in charge of recruiting
for the University. He is a member
of
the
Enrollment
Management Council, which
meets three to four times a year
and sets the guidelines for enrollment.
This council consists of

"If the drive doesn't save baby

Jake's mom, then we know with
Staff Writer
all the donors we got, someone
else
could be saved," Watson
Imagine being diagnosed with
said.
a deadly disease and your only
Christy Baker, the assistant
hope is finding an exact match
director
of the bone marrow
for your bone marrow.
drive,
said,
"The response was
Now imagine finding the
overwhelming.
Only around
match, only to have your hopes
600
people
usually
turn out, but
destroyed when the person
1,066
people
turned
out for this
decides not to give.
drive."
This is exactly what happened
The drive was so successful it
to Jill Andrews, a 27-year-old
had
to shut down early on
wife and moth"""~~ Thursday
er, when she
because they
was diagnosed
ran out of
with Hodgkin's
money and test
Diseasejshortly
tubes.
after the birth of
Andrews
her son, Jake.
has been on the
But Andrews
top priority list
and her family
of the National
are not giving
Bone Marrow
up hope. They
Registry since
are
going
June.
through
an
When a
exhaustive
match
was
search trying to
found
for
her
M
A
R
T
H
A
W
A
T
S
O
N
find a match.
in
September,
Mother-in-law of Jill Andrews
Andrews'
Andrews
mother-in-law,
stopped
the
chemotherapy
treatMartha Watson, called the SGA
ments
she
was
undergoing,
but
desperate for help, and Nov. 17the
donor
backed
out
at
the
last
19, the Auburn SGA held an
minute.
emergency bone marrow drive
As a result of stopping the
in search of a possible match.
therapy
the tumors in her chest
"Normally, it takes a commuand
neck
had grown rapidly.
nity two to three months to plan
Now,
Andrews
has a reason to
something like this, and we did
be
hopeful
again.
The week
it in two to three weeks,"
prior
to
the
SGA
drive
another
Watson said.
perfect
match
was
found.
Watson knows the chances for
The register is holding the
finding Andrews a match in the
donor
for 60 to 90 days while
local community are slim to

please see FRESHMEN, B3

none, but is confident others will

benefit from the drive.

B Y JENNIFER MCCULLARS

"Normally, it takes a
community two to
three months to plan
something like this,
and we did it in two
to three weeks."

CHRIS COMPTON/Photo Editor

The 1998 freshman class has crowded the Plains. The freshmen enrollment at the start of fall
quarter was 3,706, or about 100 more than the freshmen enrollment during fall 1997.
has implemented a plan that will
increase enrollment by 1 percent
per year through the end of the
century. This increase isn't just
freshmen, but includes all graduate and undergraduate students.
Students on campus see the
problem. Traci Tudisco, a freshman in criminal justice, said, "I
was able to get the classes I wanted for fall quarter, but I couldn't

get what I wanted for winter

quarter."
Alec Morrow, an undeclared
sophomore, said not being able
to get the classes he wants is an
inconvenience.
"I like to take certain classes
certain quarters. Because I can't,
I'm not going to graduate on
time," he said.
Jim Golson, assistant vice pres-

Student voice encouraged in union decision

it, and ask them to vote if they're
to be the ones paying for it," Foy
Assistant Campus
said.
Swing dancing's popularity has
This fall, students were asked to
swung full circle, Hey Day still ponder the same question, and
showcases our friendliness, and SGA received a resounding yes.
students are once again scream- The true test will come in May,
ing for a new union building.
when the referendum is presentWhile students seen (and most ed for students to vote on.
befriended) by James E. Foy in his
"It's a positive statement about
25 years as dean of Student the Auburn spirit, that students
Affairs seem worlds apart from want a new and improved union
those Foy Director Debbie Conner building," Conner said. That spirsees today, these three things, and it has persevered from great to
many others, connect Auburn bad to even worse times, seen by
men and women, old and new.
both Conner and Foy.
In 1950, students were asked to
Foy used to warn incoming
vote on a referendum raising stu- freshmen of Auburn's friendly
dent activity fees to fund an inno- ways, "I won't tell you you won't
vative idea the soon-to-come find one S.O.B. at Auburn, but if
Auburn Union.
you do, he won't be here long,
They said yes, and the build- cause he won't be able to stand
being alone."
ing's namesake agreed.
"When something involves
Swing is back a second time,
their way of student life, go to but during Foy's days at Auburn,
them to see what they think about dancing wasn't just an extra activBY JENNIFER MURPHREE

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students.
"To me this was the best time of
the week," Foy said. "We loved
breaking into dances, cutting in
and meeting someone new it
meant a lot on a campus with
4,000 males and 1,100 females."
Foy served as dean of Student
Affairs from 1950-78, leaving to
serve two years as Fob James'
executive secretary, then returned
to Auburn's campus as national
secretary treasurer for Phi Eta
Sigma honor society until 1992.

Union director

The 1977 Glomerata describes

Foy as being famous for leading
impromptu "wah eagul" pep rallies in front of Mary Martin Hall.
Foy recalls the days when the
marching band wound its way
around campus, gathering followers from fraternity houses
along the way.
Comparing Auburn's campus
before and after TVs became
familiar sights in fraternity houses, Foy said he "hated them and
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Equipment Restraint System.
There are 12 teams of three students working o n solutions that
will be presented at the Marshall
Space Flight Center (MSFC) in
Huntsville Friday, Bret Smith, an
associate professor in industrial
design, said.
"The design d e p a r t m e n t h a s
done several projects for NASA
in the past few years, a n d there
are several A u b u r n a l u m n i in
NASA," Randy Bartlett, an associate professor in industrial
design, said.
K e n n e t h Smith, a n A u b u r n
industrial design alumni, is the
NASA contact at MSFC, a n d
helped initiate the design project
at Auburn.
NASA currently doesn't have
an a d e q u a t e tool m a n a g e m e n t
system for u s e while d o i n g
experiments.

"It's hard to keep objects in

place in zero-gravity," Smith
said.
" O u r students are developing temporary storage (areas)
w h e r e tools a n d p a r t s can b e
stored while the crew is working," Smith said.
This storage system is to be
used in t h e research furnace
module, Smith said.
"The tools have to be readily
available," Smith said.
These designs will have practical uses a n d help astronauts d o
their jobs better and more safely.
"This is not a blue-sky research
project," Bartlett said.
"Some of these student designs
will be selected for further development and m a y actually fly on
the International Space Station,"
Bartlett said.
Tippi Clark, a junior in industrial design, said, "It's been a cool
experience to w o r k for NASA,
and (making) cool stuff for o u r
portfolios."
Smith said, " O u r department
does industry collaborative projects frequently, which helps students get jobs."
Roger Jones, a junior in industrial design, said, "It's been a
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which will be presented at the Marshall Space Flight Center Friday.
NASA while in school, but I'll be
a lot happier w h e n this is over."
Roger H a n n a , a senior in
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"This is something I'll tell m y
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Auburn's programs rank high with students

Auburn outscores other
schools in national student
satisfaction inventory

E R S

Thursday, Dec. 3,1998

In a r e p o r t i n t e r p r e t i n g the results of t h e
i n v e n t o r y for S t u d e n t Affairs, M i c h a e l
LaTour, a p r o f e s s o r of m a r k e t i n g a n d
transportation, indicated his opinion
r e g a r d i n g the reliability of the survey.
"It is m y belief t h a t the process w a s h a n d l e d carefully a n d professionally, a n d I a m
satisfied w i t h t h e validity of these d a t a
a n d the q u e s t i o n n a i r e i n s t r u m e n t , " LaTour
said in the report.

U n i v e r s i t y P r e s i d e n t William V. M u s e
A u b u r n p r o f e s s o r s a n d staff a r e a l l
said
h e believes the results are r e m a r k a b l e ,
e x p r e s s i n g their d e l i g h t in r e s p o n s e to t w o
c
o
n
s
i
d e r i n g s o m e of t h e l i m i t a t i o n s
c o n s e c u t i v e y e a r s of h i g h e r scores o n t h e
A
u
b
u
r n h a s recently faced.
the Noel-Levitz
Student
Satisfaction
"I t h i n k that i t ' s e x t r a o r d i n a r y t h a t t h e
Inventor.
r a t i n g s are s o h i g h c o n s i d e r T h e s u r v e y of s t u ing t h a t ( A u b u r n ) h a s h a d to
d e n t s is a d m i n i s t e r e d
"I think it's
operate with virtually n o
b y a n e d u c a t i o n a l conincreased
s u p p o r t from t h e
extraordinary
that
the
s u l t i n g firm called t h e
state.
I
give
all t h e credit t o
USA G r o u p .
the
faculty
a
n d staff," M u s e
ratings
are
so
high
The
widely
used
said.
i n v e n t o r y is d e s i g n e d
considering that
The s t u d e n t s ' replies to
to m e a s u r e s t u d e n t s '
a
c
a
d e m i c quality w e r e p o s i satisfaction w i t h their
(Auburn) has had
tive
c o m p a r e d to the n a t i o n a l
u n i v e r s i t y c o m p a r e d to
a
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r
a g e for i t e m s a s k i n g
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to operate
w h e t h e r s t u d e n t s b e l i e v e d "I
12 categories o r "global
a m able t o e x p e r i e n c e intelscale."
with virtually no
lectual growth here" a n d
Th,e
survey
said
" T h e r e is a c o m m i t m e n t to
increased
support
A u b u r n r a n k s signifia
c a d e m i c excellence o n this
cantly h i g h e r t h a n t h e
c
a
mpus."
from
the
state.
I
give
n a t i o n a l a v e r a g e s in
O
t h e r m e a s u r e s of q u a l i t y
i n s t r u c t i o n a l effectiveall
the
credit
to
the
s
e
e
m
to support the stuness, student centeredd
e
n
t
s
'
view.
Auburn's acadeness, campus climate,
faculty
and
staff."
mic
r
e
p
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t
a
t
i
o n score in t h e
c a m p u s s u p p o r t serh
i
g
h
l
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t
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ratings by US
vices, r e c r u i t m e n t a n d
N
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w
s
a
n
d
World
Report
financial a i d , c a m p u s
WILLIAM V. MUSE
increased from a 2.5 for 1998
life" a n d service excelUniversity president
to a 3.1 for 1999, p l a c i n g
lence.
A
u b u r n a m o n g t h e t o p 50
T h e r a t i n g s for a c a d e p
u
b
l
i
c
universities
in the nation.
m i c a d v i s i n g , r e g i s t r a t i o n effectiveness,
a n d , c o n c e r n of t h e i n d i v i d u a l , a n d
responsiveness to diverse populations
w e r e a v e r a g e c o m p a r e d to t h e n a t i o n a l
data.
Scores w e r e low only o n t h e safety a n d
s e c u r i t y global scale, p a r t l y b e c a u s e of
n e g a t i v e r e s p o n s e s to <a q u e s t i o n related t o
campus parking.

Ted Becker, a professor of political science, said h e believed t h a t the ratings reliably reflect t h e v i e w s of t h e A u b u r n stud e n t body.
" O v e r a l l , I w o u l d say that the q u e s t i o n s
seem t o b e r e a s o n a b l e a n d cover m o s t of
the areas of s t u d e n t life.
"Based o n m y experience, m o s t A u b u r n

s t u d e n t s a r e relatively
satisfied
with their education a n d enjoy t h e
activities that a r e
available."
In a d d i t i o n t o t h e
survey,
focus
groups, consisting
of
hand-picked
students a n d campus leaders, provided
in-depth
i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e q u a l i t y of c a m p u s
life.

MUSE

S t u d e n t s i n t h e focus g r o u p s w e r e con
c e r n e d t h a t s o m e of t h e professors w e r e
e x h i b i t i n g signs of " b u r n - o u t " a n d a "less
i n v o l v e d " attitude in t h e classroom
b e c a u s e of t h e increasing d e m a n d s their
departments had placed on them.
M a n y freshmen said t h e general elation
of C a m p W a r Eagle w a s quickly extinguished
b y the s o b e r i n g experience of large, d e p e r s o n a l i z e d c l a s s r o o m s a n d c r o w d e d offices.
Bettye Burkhalter, associate p r o v o s t a n d
vice p r e s i d e n t for S t u d e n t Affairs, said s h e
will w o r k h a r d t o s m o o t h t h e transition
from o r i e n t a t i o n t o s t u d e n t s life.
" F r e s h m e n feel a let d o w n after they g o to
class. T h e C a m p War Eagle c o u n s e l o r s are
extremely well-trained.
I w o u l d like t o k e e p t h e c o u n s e l o r s
active w i t h the freshmen d u r i n g their first
year.
Peer c o u n s e l i n g is also extremely effect i v e . It w i l l h e l p m a k e t h e t r a n s i t i o n
h e a l t h y , " she said.
M u s e said h e believes A u b u r n is t a k i n g
the n e c e s s a r y m e a s u r e s to c o n t i n u e t o garn e r h i g h levels of satisfaction from students.
" O n e of t h e key e l e m e n t s of the p l a n t h a t
w a s p r e s e n t e d t o the C o m m i s s i o n is raising faculty salaries t o a c o m p e t i t i v e level.
" R e t a i n i n g t h e faculty will
certain-:
ly i m p r o v e t h e s t u d e n t s ' satisfaction w i t h
the a c a d e m i c services they h a v e received,"
M u s e said.

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FRESHMEN

"They hurt the pep rallies.

People used to pour out of their
houses as the band marched by.
Years later you'd see a dark house
with 'Gunsmoke' playing, and
the band would just march on,"
Foy said.
Foy dubbed his way of doing
things in the 1950s as "in loco parentis," a latin phrase meaning, "in
place of parents."
The changing times and
increase in student population
forced things to change, but
Conner said when one tradition is
lost, it only leaves room for a
newer one.
"Camp War Eagle is new, but
fast becoming a tradition. It's a
big part of instilling all the
Auburn traditions into students,
and the feel of the larger Auburn
CONTRIBUTED
family, before they break off into
their individual organizations," James E. Foy, in his office in 1977, was dean of Student Affairs
Conner said.
from 1950 to 1978. Not only did he lead impromptu pep rallys,
Foy said he sees one change but also observed the building of a new student union.
that he desperately needs to stop,
because it tears at the roots of the bers turn down higher-paying dents when they leave here, a
University's creed that is facul- positions because of their love for human and a professional side. I
ty members being forced to go Auburn. I believe in the human have no way of knowing what
elsewhere for more money and touch that love for an institution kind of people we're keeping. I
recognition.
just hope it's the good ones," Foy
brings.
"We always had faculty mem"It gives two dimensions to stu- said.

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Management Council and the

process by which enrollment is
managed. I pointed out the
means by which they give input
is through Walker," Golson said.
"I learned first-hand some of
their concerns and shared with
them the means of expressing
their concerns.
"I think that meetings has created a good relationship," he
said.
Golson has also arranged for a
similar meeting with the College
of Science and Mathematics to be
held Jan. 25,1999. The College of
Science and Mathematics also
provides many core classes for

University President William V.

Muse; Donald Large Jr., executive
vice president; William Walker,
interim provost; academic deans;
Bettye Burkhalter,
assistant
provost and vice president of student affairs; and Golson.
Pindzola said, "There is a serious problem with communication. When the principle players
understand this problem, we can
offer a quality education for our
students."
Golson met with Pindzola,
department heads and John
Heilman, interim dean of liberal
arts, Nov. 16,1998.
"I discussed the Enrollment

MARROW

students. This meeting will present more issues that must be

addressed for a plan of action.
Pindzola said, "I see hope in
sight in that we have had meetings with Jim (Golson) to clearly
let him see the big picture."
Pindzola said Walker has recently appointed a committee to discuss the issue of liberal arts funding.
Pindzola asked, "What can we
do to solve this decade old problem?" Her answer is improvements in communication.
Golson said he believes this
communication is being established.

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Andrews goes through intense radiation to shrink

the swelling of the tumors so it will be safe for her
to have a transplant.
Andrews and her family are optimistic about
the match, but realize things could change quickly.
"The person could still change their mind and
that's why the SGA drive was still held, " Watson
said.
Carolyn Cowsert, the director of the bone
Marrow Registry, said, it is rare for a person not to
give the bone marrow needed.

"In all my years of experience, I've never had

that happen," Cowsert said.
After the two weeks of radiation, Andrews will
go through several more weeks of chemotherapy,
and if the donor is still willing she will then
receive a transplant.
"We as a family try not to dwell on the cancer. We
try to store up happy memories, so when she does
find a donor and receives the transplant, she'll
have those memories to get her through it," Watson!
said.

Newly formed Auburn Off-road Club drives into popularity with trail ride
BY LORRI LITTLE

Staff Writer
Usually when the word off-road
is used around Auburn, images of
riding in the mud trying to cut a
new trail in the woods with a big
4x4 might be envisioned.
This is not the case of the newly
established Auburn Off-road Club.
Auburn Off-road Club requested
and received a charter last spring
and held the first official meeting in
the second week in October.
"We are not trying to destroy the
environment,"
said
Michael
Oberding, assistant director of
Auburn Off-road and a senior in
finance. "We stay on existing trails

and don't make new trails. We are an off-road club because most of
just trying to defeat environmental the trails around here are closed
now," said Brian Schnarr, sophoobstacles in our vehicles."
Oberding and his wife, Sherri, an more in wildlife science. "I would
occupational
therapist
in enjoy meeting people with comColumbus, Ga., are active in the mon interests."
Michael Oberding said it doesn't
planning of activities for Auburn
take a large truck to participate in
Off-road.
"It's not just for the guys," Sherri Auburn Off-road. He has a 1969
Oberding said. "My favorite part is Ford Bronco he uses for the trail
meeting other people and spend- rides.
ing time outdoors with purposeful
There is a variety of vehicles that
activities."
participate in trail rides.
Some are "basic stock models
Trail rides and camping are the
major interest of Auburn Off-road right off the lot and some are
modified,"
Sherri
Club along with repairing vehicles extremely
and socializing, said Michael Oberding said.
Oberding.
She didn't recommend trying a
"I think it is a good idea to have "low rider" for the trail rides and

her husband added there are trails

of different degrees of difficulty so
everyone has a chance to see what
"their vehicle will do against the
terrain."
Nov. 20-21, a group went to a
trail ride in Gardendale.
"The trails were challenging and
had steep inclines," said Michael
Oberding. "We had a great time
and had a great turnout despite the
Auburn vs. Alabama game."
The next meeting of Auburn Offroad Club is Jan. 13,1999, at 9 p.m.
in the basement of Haley Center.
They will discuss the trail ride for
winter quarter and show a video
on what to expect on the trail
rides.

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about the program, and said,
"This is the first Human Sciences
Day for local understanding."
University President William
V. Muse said, "With achieving
local understanding rests our
potential for achieving world
peace."
This day is helping to promote
the international minor within
human sciences, which has only
been around for two years.
In establishing this understanding, Auburn and Edith
Cowan University in Australia
began an exchange program last
year.
Stephanie Wright, master student of apparel and textiles, said,
"In fall 1997, seven students and
one professor came here as the
first leg of the exchange."
Wright and four others were
the first leg from Auburn to go
over to ECU. They left in July,
which is in the middle of winter
in the southern hemisphere, for
the beginning of their spring
semester. They returned in
November.
"When this opportunity came

up I thought that it was fantastic," Wright said. "This program

gives you any opportunity imaginable."
Wright urged students to look
into an exchange program. "Get
out there and see the world," she
"said. "It's a wonderful world and
the passport is open to you, you
just have to let the stamp be put
in it."
Bill Kent, associate professor in
human sciences, went to ECU as
a
visiting
lecturer
from
September to October. "There is
so much momentum between us .
that it (exchange program) is not
going away."
There were projects representing various areas of the world on
display, as well as brief speeches
by the dean, the president, professors and students.
Accompanying some of these
displays were samples of food.
Three different departments of
human sciences participated in
this awareness program by placing their projects on display.
Harriet Giles, assistant professor of human development and
family studies, explained what
her class was required to portray.
Human development and family studies looks at families in a
"cross-cultural
prospective,"
Giles said.
Students of this class were
paired together and had to
choose a country to represent.

in apparel and

textiles

Once a country was chosen, they tries and preparation of ethnic

had to present its cultural aspects foods."
in a unique fashion.
There were food samples from
Marilyn Read, assistant profes- Italy, Honduras, Turkey, Ireland,
sor of consumer affairs, dis- the United States and more.
played her class, residential inteProjects from all three classes
riors II.
were on display to be viewed and
Allison Simons, senior in inte- tasted, from noon to 2 p.m.
rior environments, explained
"Today allowed a chance for
what the class required her to students to become aware of the
portray.
other departments within the
"We had to chose a culture school of human sciences," said
from Latin American, Native BethAnne Barber, senior in
American, Asian, etc. I chose to apparel merchandising.
represent Latin America.
"I felt it provided visitors the
"Then, I had to decide where in opportunity to view students'
Latin America would I like to projects that were inspired by
base my clients. I chose New other cultures," said Jenny
Mexico," Simons said.
Manifold, senior in apparel merOnce Simons chose her desti- chandising.
nation, as did others, she had to
Carol Warfield, head of departresearch that particular area. She ment of consumer affairs, said, "I
then had to design a customary think today was a phenomenal
house for the particular area that success.
she chose.
"To have all three departments
Amy Simomme, professor of represented showed the cultural
nutrition and food science food integration and visitors were
lab, said the students of princi- stimulated to think in other
ples of food preparation "learned ways."
about flavors from other coun-

Aubie gears up for national mascot competition

Aubie has been chosen as one of 13 finalists in the Universal
Cheerleaders Association's 1999 national mascot competition.
The finalists were chosen based on two-minute tapes submitted by
more than 100 collegiate mascots nationwide. Aubie's tape was
judged best of the group.
"We're very excited that Aubie has continued the tradition Of
excellence, again qualifying for the national championship," Debbie
Conner, adviser of Aubie, said.

Auburn defeats Batna infifthfood drive

Auburn won the fifth annual Auburn-Alabama food drive.
Auburn students, faculty and alumni collected more than 13 tons
of food for the East Alabama Food Bank during the intra-state donation drive, setting a new record and keeping the trophy on the Plains
for another year.
"The real winners of this annual competition are the hungry fed
through the food bank network," Martha Faupel, executive director
of the East Alabama Food Bank, said.

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11/18, 3:46 a.m., CDV
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11/18, 6:23 p.m., Boyd Hall
Trespass warning issued.
11/18, 6:27 p.m., S. College St./
Donahue Drive Suspicious
incident reported.
11/19, 8;01 a.m., Beta Theta Pi
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Criminal mischief reported.

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11/19,12:19 p.m., B-100 Foy
Student Union, The Auburn
Plainsman Criminal mischief reported 2,100 newspapers reported stolen.
11/21, 6:24 a.m., Tau Kappa
Alpha Theft of t-shirts and
$120 reported.
11/25,10:45 a.m., 900 Linden
Ave., Theft of Sears tire
reported from parked vehicle.
11/25, 9 p.m., Arboretum
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11/19,11:40 a.m., Facilities

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Thursday, Dec. 3,1998

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Flying team takes off to national competition Smokers quit for a day
, B Y CATY HOUSTON

: Staff Writer
The War Eagle Flying Team will
be lifting off to national competition in May after placing third in
regionals.
"This is the first time since 1980
-the team has been to nationals,"
Ross Armstrong, president of the
flying team, said. "It's exciting."
The Flying Team competed in
the annual National Intercollegiate
Flying Association competition
held at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University in Daytona Beach, Fla.,
Nov. 11-14. Placing third gave them
the chance to represent Auburn in
the national competition.
The team will travel to Salina,
Kansas, a branch of Kansas State
University, in late May for the
jnational competition.
"The competition included sev-

eral flying events, like landing and

a message drop," Armstrong said.
"We took two planes from the
Auburn Airport to Daytona."
Armstrong said besides the flying exercises, there were also many
ground-based
events
which
included flight computer accuracy,
a Simulated Comprehensive Aerial
Navigation test, aircraft recognition and a flight simulator event.
The team competed against
Embry-Riddle, a well-known flying
school,
Miami
Dade
Community College, Florida
CONTRIBUTED
Institute of Technology and the
The
War
Eagle
Flying
Team
displays
numerous
awards
won
University of Jacksonville.
Emmett Johnson, the flying to put the team in third place during a competition in Florida.
team's adviser, said it had tough
of spring quarter, we'll develop a
competition at regionals, compar- will be even harder.
training program for team mem"It's
going
to
be
stiff,"
Johnson
ing the flying team at Embrybers
to practice different events."
said.
Riddle to Auburn's football team.
Johnson
said preparations are
"We'll
have
the
best
teams
in
the
However, he said about 36 colleges
will compete at nationals, and it country there. The latter part of expensive, but the team will "peak
winter quarter and the beginning out just before nationals."

Healthy breaks boosts exam energy in finals

BY JILLY JACKSON

Staff Writer
Mistletoe, Christmas lights and festive
parties can only mean one thing it's that
time of year again.
No, it's not a reminder of the forthcoming
Christmas season, but something even more
fanciful to students finals.
Yes, those dreaded exams college students
around the globe must endure time after time
are soon to arrive here on the Plains.
Beginning Monday at 8 a.m., Auburn's
students will enter classrooms to be tested on
a quarter's worth of knowledge. For some,
this will begin the first round of college
finals, and for graduating seniors, it may be
their last time sitting in a cramped desk in
Haley Center.
For anyone taking finals this quarter, there
a few pointers everyone can benefit from
as bread, pasta and cereal for high energy
before stepping foot into that horror-filled
levels," Eden said.
iTexam room.
Robert Keith, professor of nutrition and
Tor starters, one thing students should
food science, also said he believes that eating
Hocus on is eating healthy and balanced
a healthy diet will help you stay focused.
meals.
"Eating breakfast should be the first thing.
Lynn Eden, a nutritionist for East Alabama
It is very important because it starts your day
Medical Center, said eating in a healthy manoff and gives you the needed energy to
ner can be quite beneficial to those who are
study," Keith said.
studious and give you the energy needed for
"Be careful with the use of caffeine. It can
those late nights of studying.
cause impairment in your studies. Overuse
"The best foods to eat would be high carcan be detrimental to your concentration. Be
bohydrate, but not concentrated sweets, such

JASON KEY/Art Editor

sure to stay hydrated. Coffee and tea dehydrate, so don't consume too much," Keith
said.
Peter Grandjean, assistant professor of
health and human performance, said,
"Exercise is an excellent stress reliever.
"Any short duration, moderate intensity
workout will get your heart rate up. About 15
to 20 minutes should do it. Walking, cycling,
even walking the stairs in Haley Center will
increase your heart rate and get your blood
flowing," Grandjean said.

BY COURTNEY HUGHES

Staff Writer

2345 for further information on;

smoking and smoking-related;
diseases.
Malcolm Webster, peer education
coordinator-trainer
of
CADRE, said the 24 hours of the
Great American Smokeout is;
held to show smokers how easy;
it is to quit.
"It doesn't take a lot of smok-;
ing to cause health problems,"!
Webster said.
Smoking not only causes a!
number of preventative diseases,!
but also affects the physical'
appearance of the smoker, he'
said.
Found in the literature provid-;
ed by the American Cancer

If smokers could quit for one

day, they could quit for a lifetime.
This is the message Jen Mills,
president, and other members of
Creating
Awareness
&
Developing
Responsibility
through Education (CADRE)
tried to relay to Auburn students
during The Great American
Smokeout Thursday, Nov. 19.
By
strolling
along
the
Concourse, students could find
helpful information on smoking
and its side effects. CADRE
members were available to assist
smokers who wanted to extinSociety,.:
guish their ciga"Every ciga-!
rette habits.
rette costs 14!
"It doesn't take
minutes
oC
Each student
life." Smoking
who stopped by
a lot of smoking
one pack of
the
CADRE
to cause
cigarettes
booth was asked
every day for
to sign a pledge
health problems."
one year takes
to refrain from
nearly 70 days
smoking for 24
off of a life.
hours. All 24 stuMALCOM WEBSTER
dents
.
who
"People
Coordinator of CADRE
pledged to stop
need to love
smoking were given a bag filled themselves in order to protect
with candy and gum to help bat- themselves," Webster said.
tle cigarette cravings.
He said he hoped each student
Informational pamphlets from who took the brochures and
the American Cancer Society pamphlets on the day of The
were also given to those interest- Great American Smokeout first
ed in quitting.
learned the information and then
Nathan Cork, a freshman in put it to use in order to protect
architecture and CADRE mem- themselves and others from the
ber, said he hopes each person harmful side effects of smoking,
Webster and other CADRE
who signed a pledge to stop
smoking will quit for at least 24 members relayed these messages
to students who wanted to stop
hours, if not permanently.
The Great American Smokeout smoking.
was sponsored by the American
However, CADRE does not
Cancer Society. The event is held only aim to help students stop
each year on the third Thursday smoking.
in November, exactly one week
The organization also offersbefore Thanksgiving.
peer education on health related;
"The American Cancer Society topics such as AIDS and other;
sponsored this to show people STDs, sexual assault, eating dis-;;
that if they could quit for one orders, alcohol and drug abuse'
day, they could quit on a more and many more topics.
long-term basis," Mills, a senior
For more information on'
in social work, said.
CADRE,
contact
Student!
Counseling
Services
in
118
Foy
The American Cancer Society
can be reached at 1-800-ACS- Union, or call 844-5123.

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Auburn swept away by Mr. Top Hat, chimney sweeper

BY LIONEL BOURROUX

Staff Writer
When people open their doors and see
Jeff Simmons, it doesn't matter if they
have had a rotten day or are simply worried about their daily duties.
From the youngest generation to the
oldest, Simmons always brings a sunbeam into people's lives. Even if it's just
for a fraction of second, he can force a
smile in anybody's face.
He is Mr. Top Hat.
From Opelika to Auburn, Simmons
goes from one roof to another to clean,
repair and restore chimneys. Sometimes,
he will need only a few hours to complete his work. And in other cases, he
will operate tirelessly on an entire chimney system for a day or two.
His only concern is to please his customers the best he can, but he never forgets that chimney sweeping is, above all,
steeped in tradition.
Chimney sweeping wouldn't be the
same if he didn't wear his top hat and his
tails while crawling up the chimney or
fixing its crown on the roof. No matter
the circumstances, he always wears his
uniform, even if he risks losing some of
lis credibility within the chimney sweep
jiiild.
"Most of the chimney professionals in
the United States have stopped wearing
their top hat because they think it's
unprofessional," Simmons said. "I totally
disagree. People can figure out that I'm
professional because of my knowledge of
what I'm doing."
The significance of the top hat is another reason for Simmons to keep wearing
it. "Actually, a chimney sweeping hat is
not really a top hat. It's a tall derby," he
said.
Because of its flat lid across, it catches
the soot on the rim without having it
falling on the chimney sweep. It also
keeps from bumping your head when
working inside the chimney.
Even more significant,
the
name of his
business,
Top Hat

Chimney Sweep, directly requires

Simmons to wear his outfit at work.
"Most of my customers don't even
know my name, they just call me Mr. Top
Hat," he said.
"I'll be going down the road, and
someone will be yelling out of his car,
'Hey, Top Hat.'
The industry is now good for
Simmons. When his kids were little, his
wife was able to stay at home with them,
and they were able to purchase a nice
house where they could enjoy a cozy life.
But because of the business growing so
rapidly, it now requires a tight organization.
"Right now, we're booking appointments for the week before Christmas," he
said.
Since Simmons schedules most safety
inspections in the spring and summer
with his regular customers, Top Hat stays
busy all year long.
However, things have not always
flourished.
"My wife and I literally starved my
first few years. We lived off my gardens
and never ate meat because we couldn't
afford it," he said. "Get ready for these
years after college."
Simmons graduated from Auburn in
1983 in personal management. After
aspiring to a career in photography, he
got involved in chimney sweeping
through Ed Witherman, who owned Top
Hat Chimney Sweeps at that time.
Witherman didn't have enough time to
combine sweeping
and his job as a
teacher at
Opelika
H i g h
School.

Working on weekends and late evenings

had become too constraining for him,
and he decided to leave his work.
Simmons said," I liked the business so
much, I bought the company."
When Simmons and his wife took over,
it was a slow, but growing process. They
had to expand their activity to other services such as painting, roofing or even
cleaning gutters. Simmons didn't have a
list of customers and had to prospect
from door to door giving free chimney
inspections.
In 1990, after five years of services, he
became a certified chimney sweep and a
member of the National Chimney Sweep
Guild, which helped strengthen his credibility toward his customers. He extended his knowledge to fire codes, all types
of creosote, or dust removal, and solutions for complex draft and smoke peculiarities.
In the early days, Simmons had to perform in particularly tough conditions. "I
used to have to put on overalls, gloves,
booties and tape everything together," he
said. "Then, I had to put my balaclava on
and my respirator to crawl inside the fire
place. I sealed myself inside with the vacuum and cleaned the chimney. When I
came out, I was black from head to toe."
These conditions changed drastically
when he was able to use a dust control
machine that pulled so much air out he
didn't have to seal himself inside anymore. "I don't get nearly as dirty as I
used to," he said.
However, almost with nostalgia, he
mentions a few strange things that happened to him while crawling up the
chimney. "Inside one fireplace, I was
cleaning, and all of a sudden I felt
something around my neck moving," he says. "I couldn't see what
it was with the respirator so I
came down, and it was a 5
foot snake.
"I came out flying out of the
chimney, dust
going
all
over the
house,
like a

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Jeff Simmons of Top Hat Chimney Sweeps prepares to clean another chimney.
cloud of dark smoke. And I didn't stop
running until three blocks down the
road."
Simmons ran into all kind of different
things, such as squirrels, raccoons, birds
and, a duck once, "It can be a pretty
interesting business," he said.
Beside getting dirty and endangering
his safety when working on roofs,
Simmons doesn't seem to notice any
other inconveniences these days.
"That job has been able to teach me all
kinds of skills. I have to sell myself as
well as the importance of my work every
day," he says. "I've taken a lot of continuing education toward that area."
The National Chimney Sweep Guild
annual convention offers different courses that help understand the evolution of
the business. "I've only missed one in the
last eight years," he said. " Learning how
chimney sweeps used to operate in the
past, it helps me understand how it is
supposed to evolve now."
Also, European sweeps come to
national meetings, which is a way to
exchange knowledge, skills and pass on
the history and traditions. In 1666,
London was destroyed because of chimney fires which emphasized the importance of chimney sweeps.
As a result, chimney sweeps were connected to positive connotations.
"In England, people who get married
usually have a chimney sweep attend to
bring good luck. In German homes, people hang a bag of soot," he said. "Also,
shaking the hand of a chimney sweep
will bring good luck for a year."
As a result of his devotion and competence, Simmons was elected president
of the Alabama Chimney Sweep Guild
in 1994. "I wanted to give something
back to the business," he said. Now, he
plans to get involved with the Chimney
Safety Institute and teach a couple summers. Simmons emphasized the importance of the close internal network within the guild. "I'm on my computer .

every night talking to other sweeps. No

one else can get on the website but us,"
he said.
"I've never met such a group of people.
My competition here is also my best
friend."
The business has grown so much in the
last few years that Simmons can no
longer handle all of it by himself. He is
considering hiring someone to train that
could eventually work on his own.
"But it's hard to find. The last guy I
had fell off the roof. He was real good. I
say 'was' like he passed away ... But,
when he fell, he got real bruised up, and
I think he decided that it wasn't exactly
what he wanted to do," he said.
When all is said and done, Mr. Top Hat
stands before his completed work in this
house where he rebuilt the whole chimney from the hearth to the crown on the
roof. His hands on his hips, he searches
the fire place for any possible defects he
might have missed.
On a curtain spread out to cover his
work area, he gathers all the debris in
such a meticulous way that he only has
to fold it to complete his cleaning part of
his work. "Cleaning is definitely my
bread and butter," he said. "There is very
little material involved, and I know
exactly what I'm going to make."
As he loads his equipment in his 1997
white Ford Econoline, his eyes light up.
"If somebody has a dream to go into a
certain business, do it," he said. "People
need to follow their dreams and not be
scared."
Before stepping into his van, he turns
his head away and mutters a few words
to himself.
"I don't want to say it," he says as he
turns around. "But I've thought about
starting over again, because the building
of the business was really fun.
"You know, oddly enough, one of the
most successful chimney sweeps in the
country is in Dade County, Fla., where it
never gets below 60 F."

JASON KEY/Art Editor

Junior League sponsors Festival of Trees

BY JENNY BLEVINS

Assistant Intrigue Editor

Christmastime is upon us and to
kickoff the holiday season, the
Junior League of Lee County will
be sponsoring the Festival of Trees
at the Auburn University Hotel
and Conference Center.
Laura Merryman, co-chairman
of the Festival of Trees, said the
Junior League is very excited about
the event.
"The Festival of Trees is sponsored by the Junior league of Lee
County and all proceeds go to the
prevention of child abuse and
neglect," Merryman said. "There
will be children's breakfast with
Santa, a carol sing and there's
going to be a ladies luncheon."
The event centers around the
hallways of the Hotel and
Conference Center which will be
decorated with all types and styles
of Christmas trees.
"We will have all kinds of trees
from the whimsical to traditional to

old english, just every kind of tree

imaginable," Merryman said.
Several area business contribute
to the event through attendance,
sponsorship, donations and decorating.
"Several of the Junior League
members have stores and businesses in the area and they decorate the
trees. They look very professional," Merryman said.
Activities that will be featured
are The Super-Lube olde fashioned
carole sing, a children's breakfast
with Santa, story time with Mrs.
Claus, a children's craft room and
the Junior League Gift Shop where
guests can buy items crafted especially for the festival.
Items on sale will be table-top
trees, wreaths, Christmas ornaments, T-shirts, baked goods and
children's items.
Merryman encouraged students
to come to the event.
"Students don't really know
about the festival. It's really beautiful, and a wonderful thing to take

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a date to. It's very romantic." she event since 1994, and it is always
said.
held during the first week of
The sponsors of the event, The December.
Junior League of Lee County is a
The Festival of Trees will begin
women's organization committed on Tuesday, Dec. 1, and run
to promoting volunteerism, devel- through Sunday.
oping the potential of women, and
"It's an event that involves the
to help improve the community work of 150 women and we'd love
through the action and leadership to have everyone in the community
of volunteers.
come out and support us/'
The Junior League has hosted the Merryman said.

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Thursday

Field Trip will play at The

Boardwalk Grill, 2514 S.
Jupiter Coyote will play College St. Call 826-1660.
at the War Eagle Supper
Club, 2061 S. College St. Sunday
Call 821-4455.
Ziggy will play at The War
Honky Tonk America will Eagle Supper Club, 2061 S.
play at The Boardwalk College St. Call 821-4455.
Grill, 2514 S. College St.
Call 826-1660.
Tuesday
Friday
Live Music will play at
Velcro Pygmies will play the Boardwalk Grill, 2514
at the War Eagle Supper S. College St. Call 826Club, 2061 S. College St. 1660.
Call 821-4455.

Thursday
" There's Something About
Mary" will be shown at 7 and 9:30
p.m. in Langdon Hall.
Step aerobics will be at 4:30 p.m.
at the Student Activities Center.
Water aerobics will be at 7:30
p.m. at the Aquatics Center.
Hi-Lo aerobics will be at 9 p.m.
at Foy Student Union.
Friday
"There's Something About
Mary" will be shown at 7 and 9:30
p.m. in Langdon Hall.
Saturday
"There's Something About
Mary" will be shown at 7 and 9:30
p.m. in Langdon Hall.

Field Trip will play at The Wednesday

Boardwalk Grill, 2514 S.
College St. Call 826-1660. DJ Ozz will play at The
Boardwalk Grill, 2514 S:
College St. Call 826-1660:Saturday

Sunday
"There's Something About
Mary" will be shown at 7 and 9:30
p.m. in Langdon Hall.
Pec. 12-19
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Colo.

Velcro Pygmies will play

at the War Eagle Supper
Club, 2061 S. College St.
Call 821-4455.

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Everything will play at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta on Dec. 19. Call (404) 521-1786 for details.

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Holiday Light Festival Nov. 27
to Jan. 3. Montgomery Zoo,
Montgomery. Call (334) 240-4900.
"Faith Healer" Dec. 2-6, 9-13.
STOP Theatre, 166 N. Gay St.,
Auburn Call 502-4050.
Dick Dale Dec. 3. The
Masquerade, Atlanta. Call (404)
577-2007.
Festival of Trees Dec. 3-6.
Auburn University Hotel &
Conference Center, Auburn. Call
887-7011.
Creed with Jimmy's Chicken
Snack Dec. 4. The Tabernacle,

Atlanta. Call (404)659-9022.

"The Nutcracker" -v Dec. 4-6. The
Davis Theatre for the Performing
Arts/Montgomery. Call (334) 4090522.
Gerald Levert Dec. 5. Boutwell
Auditorium, Birmingham. Call
(205)715-6000.
Neil Diamond Dec. 6. Nashville
Arena, Nashville, Tenn. Call (615)
255-9600.
Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies, The
Mother Hips and Bare Jr. Dec,
9. Cotton Club/Atlanta. Call (404)
874-1993.

Top 10

Smooth Jazz Christmas featuring Dave Koz, David Benoit,

Brenda Russell and Peter White
The Roxy, Atlanta. Call (404)
233-ROXY.
Brother Cane with Vallejo
Dec. 12. Cotton Club, Atlanta
Call (404) 874-1993.
Vic Chesnutt and Lambchop
Dec. 18. Variety Playhouse,
Atlanta. Call (404) 521-1786.

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6. "Celebrity Skin " Hole

2. "Slide" Goo Goo Dolls

7. "Tropicalia " Beck

3. "Body Movin'" Beastie Boys

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9. "Turn the Page" Metallica

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TkursJay,Dec.3,1998

John Bartek speaks to students about survival, human spirit

BY BEN WINGATE

Staff Writer
Four oranges, two candy bars
and no drinking water were all
John Francis Bartek and seven
other men had to begin a threeweek journey on rafts after their
plane crashed into the Pacific
Ocean.
Bartek, one of the survivors of
the 1942 ordeal, known as the
"raft episode," spoke about the
crew's experience in the Ralph B.
Draughn Library Thursday, Nov.
19.
"That they could endure was a
powerful testimony to the human
spirit," said distinguished professor W. David Lewis.
At the time of the raft episode,
Bartek was a 23-year-old with
only four months of training in
flight engineering. He had no
prior experience in the B-17 on
which this mission would take
place.
Although this was only his second major assignment, he said he
was delighted to know he would
be flying it under the leadership
of his childhood hero, Eddie
Rickenbacker, known as the "ace
of aces" and a commander of the
famous 94th Pursuit Squadron in
World War I, who later shot
down 26 German aircraft.
Lewis, a Rickenbacker scholar,
is now writing a biography of

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Rickenbacker's life that will be

completed at the end of the year
2000.
The flight, dubbed a secret mission, was destined for destruction even before the plane left the
ground.
Although the crew didn't know
it at the time, the magnetic compass was 18 degrees off. After
flying for 15 hours in search of a
landing site, it was only a matter
of time before the plane ran out
of gas and crashed.
Lewis said the strangest thing
was that the plane crashed less
than 400 miles away from where
Amelia Earhart disappeared in
1937.
At this point, the eight- member crew scrambled out of the
windows of the plane and crowded into three small rubber rafts.
"Some days the ocean had 15foot waves. Other days the water
was like glass.
"There were only three or four
really rough days, but at times,
you really wished you were
dead," Bartek said.
He said the afternoon temperatures reached 120 degrees.
"Although 70 degrees doesn't
seem that low," Bartek said, "the
difference from the afternoon's
temperature made the nights
seem freezing."
Bartek's wife, Marie, mentioned that Alex Kacsmarczyk,

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BEN WINGATE/Staff Writer

John Bartek, a survivor of a 1942 secret mission that almost

cost him his life, spoke about his ordeal recently at the Ralph B.
Draughon Library.
one of the original crew members, died on the 13th day. He
was already weakened from a
surgery before the trip, and he
developed a severe case of trench
mouth resulting from drinking
too much salt water.
She said, "God was in control
the whole time, because he provided the jacket of Alex
(Kacsmarczyk) to keep John
(Bartek) warm, the rain for drinking water and the raft was the

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shelter."
Bartek said he hated that the
jacket had to come as a result of
Kacsmarczyk's death, but he
added that it was one of the
things God used to keep a
promise revealed to him earlier in
the trip.
He said he was reading his
Gideon's New Testament one
afternoon, and he read Matthew
6:31-34. He said he felt God was
saying he would take care of

everything. "God will never let

you down," he said.
Bartek said a few days prior to
Kacsmarczyk's death, a seagull
landed on Rickenbacker's head.
"He (Rickenbacker) caught the
seagull and killed it by breaking
its neck," Bartek said.
The crew used part of the seagull to eat, and Rickenbacker used
its insides to catch fish.
Bartek said, "I grew up in the
depression, and I learned the
value of hard work."
He said the three-week episode
was the hardest thing he had ever
faced, but the important thing
was the hard work and unity of
his crew members.
"You've got to have other men
around you," Bartek said, "and
we operated as a unit."
On the last day of their threeweek excursion, the men agreed
it would be best to separate. They
decided that if they split up, there
might be a greater possibility of
rescue ships seeing them.
Their calculations were correct,
and by the morning of Nov. 12,
all were rescued and accounted
for.
"The day the U.S. Kingfisher
(a rescue boat) picked me up was
the happiest day of my life.
"Everyone always hears about
Eddie Rickenbacker and makes
him out to be the hero," Bartek
said.

"All of them were heroes, not

just Eddie Rickenbacker."
Lewis said, "This just goes to
show us that heroism is not dead,
and we have one of them standing with us here today."
Mrs. Bartek said, "He (Bartek)
goes to many places to tell what
God did for him, mostly to young
people. He loves young people."
In 1985, some elementary
school children in Iowa heard
about him in a book called "We
Thought We Heard the Angels
Sing."
With the aid of their teacher,
these children raised money and
paid for him to come and stay
with them for a week.
"We still keep in touch with
that teacher," Mrs. Bartek said.
"John has been writing a book
about his experiences," she said,
"and I've been pushing him to
finish it for years."
Mrs. Bartek said her husband
has been a continual inspiration
in her life, not just because of the
"raft episode."
"When I met him (in 1991), the
thing I liked the most was the
way he talked about his (late)
wife of 39 years," she said, "and
the way he loved her after all that
time.
"That was the kind of man I
wanted to spend the rest of my
life with."

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His appearance raised $150,000
for scholarships at ASU in memory
of his son Enis. The scholarship is
not an "Enis Cosby scholarship,"
it is a scholarship in his memory to
be used as deemed by the president of ASU.
Cosby said, "All I did was show
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Cosby talked about his youth
and college years as well as his
parents and grandparents. He
began by saying that we all needed to help our communities.
"You don't need to go to South
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Cosby said. The show that lasted
just over an hour had everyone in
stitches.
Fernando Naves, a senior at
Alabama State, said, "It will be
memorable. I'm glad we had the
opportunity to have Bill Cosby."
Gov.-elect Don Siegelman was in
attendance and said, "I have
respect for Bill Cosby. He has a
great rapport with people."
Cosby spoke of a time in which
"there was no such thing as ADD
or dyslexia. You were dumb," and

CHRIS COMPTON/Photo Editor

Cosby performed at Alabama State University last Friday.

when " there was no such thing as
child abuse, any old person could
hit you."
He said he always had a problem with Sunday because "Jesus
was coming to get me." Cosby
branched out into trying to understand why society is in a downward spiral by saying, "If God
made Adam and Eve and they
didn't listen to God, where do we
go from there?"
Cosby closed with an act dedicated to his grandfather. The act
spoke of how Cosby had to go to
his grandfather's house every
Sunday at 6 a.m. and listen to his
grandfather pray for three hours.

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RATING SYSTEM
~k - Poor
itk - Fair
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-k-k-kk: - Good
-k^k^k-k^k - Excellent
E n e m y of t h e
State
Touchstone
Rating: R
Can Will Smith still shine in a
blockbuster film without a supporting cast of animatronic aliens?
That question is attempted to be
answered in the new movie,
"Enemy of the State."
Jon Voight plays the head of the
National Security Agency who is
caught on tape murdering an
influential senator. The senator
refuses to vote for a bill that
would further government control
over civil privacy.
. This information is unwittingly
passed of to attorney Robert Dean
(Smith) who then becomes the victim of a high-paced chase.
As a slimy government agency
head, Voight is perfectly cast. His
suspicious on-screen presence
'makes'him the villain you love to

Ringmaster
Artisan
Rating: R

1/2
, -' "And the Oscar goes to Jerry
. -Springer for 'Ringmaster.'"
The audience cheers, Springer
Ithanks his people, and I wake up
] Iscreaming in my theater seat.
nTiank goodness it was only a
rdream.
' Now I have seen some bad
movies in my day. Some of them
featured such absolutely awful
ideas as singing cockroaches, a
irtidget in a duck suit and Pauly

CONTRIBUTED

Will Smith broadens his acting career in 'Enemy of the State.'

but Smith does fuel audience
paranoia with a solid performance.
Gene Hackman makes an
appearance as a surveillance
expert that befriends Smith and
the only one that can explain the
reasons behind the aggressive
pursuit of his character.
Will Smith has taken proper
steps by selecting different types
of roles, but he eventually needs

hate.
"Enemy of the State" supplies
its audience with exactly what it
wants. From the opening scene,
it's a wild roller coaster of a ride
that attempts to appeal to an audience's fear of the government.
Smith actually displays his wide
range as an actor. That's right
Smith can act. Of course, a highbudget action flick is not the best
stage to show off one's abilities,

Springer's show.
I admit that I am not a fan of
Springer's show.
If I truly wanted to see rednecks
brawl and throw chairs, I could
just wait until my cousins crack
their third beer after
Thanksgiving dinner.
"Ringmaster" is such a farce
that even the most hard core
Springer fans would struggle to
find pleasure in this movie. My
fellow non-fans would struggle to
restrain from ripping out the theater seats and hurling them at the
screen.
The ads for "Ringmaster" call it
a comedy. But the true comedy of
the film occurs when Springer
condemns an outspoken audience

shore.
But Springer's attempt at a film
in "Ringmaster" is proof that we
are witnessing the dumbing of
America.
Don't be confused.
"Ringmaster" is not the compelling true story of talk show
icon Springer.
No, no. It is the fictional tale of
another former mayor turned
daytime television pimp, but his
name is Jerry Farreley.
To my surprise, Springer was
not the leading character. It is
really tear-jerking tale of a mother
and daughter that share both a
trailer and two lovers. We follow
this lovable duo as they succeed
in their quest to become guests on

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poor to

to find the courage to explore

films outside of the action genre.
The theme of citizens' fear of
government power is entertaining,
but the implication that we are
under continuous observation in a
big-brother manner is a little
much to accept.
The film falters by trying to sell
itself as a smart conspiracy thriller
but provides us with nothing
more than "Bad Boys" without the
Martin Lawrence one-liners.
For many moviegoers, that's
enough. "Enemy of the State"
guarantees two hours of car chases, explosions, and a ridiculous
showdown between the feds and
the mafia. Therefore, this movie
will be embraced by many viewers.
Don't expect to see pi' Smith at
an award podium any time soon,
but "Enemy of the State" will
keep him as the enemy of box
office opponents.

REVIEW BY RICHARD ROWAN

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member with a monologue that

attempts to be a serious response
to his real-life moral opponents.
But after the turn Springer's
career has taken, who could take
him seriously?
"Ringmaster" is the kind of
movie that modern audiences are
just sick of. It may be too hot for
TV, but, Springer, it's just way too
late for the big screen.
Therefore, unless the latest
Disney insect cartoon was over
your head and you kept screaming for the ladybug to take it off, I
would at all costs avoid
"Ringmaster."
REVIEW BY RICHARD ROWAN

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INTRIGUE STAFF

sounds as if it was written by

Jimmy Buffett, and a great slow
song "To Make You Feel My
Love," which was in the movie
"Hope Floats."
Another song on disc two is
'The Beaches of Cheyenne,' which
reminds you that you should
never say you don't give a damn
if someone is coming back or not.
The set ends with the 'Dance'
another Brooks classic slow song,
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whole set.
'Friends in Low Places' is the
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it's the mysterious concert version, which features the third
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and basically doesn't say much
that amounts to anything.
In the concert version, he
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would act in real life and sings a
third verse with the help of the
crowd.
In the new verse he basically
tells her that he is going to stay
and drink at her wedding and she
can kiss a certain part of him if
she doesn't like it.
Overall this is better than most
live albums I have heard, and is a
great catalog of all of Brooks
greatest hits as well as a few new
ones.
If you are a Garth Brooks fan,
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Thursday, Dec. 3 , 1 9 9 8

Ballet offers 'gift to children of all ages' with 'Nutcracker'

formance are $6 for adults and $4 for children.
"I hope we can make them feel a little better than they
Assistant State/Local Editor
Tickets are available through the
Auburn
Arts Association, which is spondid before."
. A Christmas without "The Nutcracker"
soring the event. Ticket order forms are
would be like Christmas without eggnog
also available from Anders Bookstore,
and candy canes.
A N N ROSBOROUGH
J&M and J&M II bookstores, Sofy Copy
. Not to worry, though. In the third
Director, The Nutcracker
and the Auburn and Opelika chambers of
annual community event, local dance
commerce.
the Cavalier.
troupes will give three performances of tions in September.
Rosborough said she hopes the perforKendra Gray, formerly affiliated with
Formerly with the Montgomery Ballet,
"The Nutcracker" from Dec. 11-13 at
mances
will meet a higher goal.
the Lexington Ballet, will reprise her role Putman is now affiliated with the
Telfair Peet Theatre.
"For me personally, I appreciate doing
Alabama Dance Theatre.
- This year's performance will be differ- as the Sugar Plum Fairy.
this.
It's a fun thing to be a part of.
Janice Tzeng, a lOth-grader at Auburn
Gray, a doctoral candidate in counselent from the last two, said Lisa Wilson,
"The
purpose of theater is to make you
ing psychology at Auburn, has danced High School and sister of SGA Vice
publicity chairwoman for the event.
ponder,
to take you to another level,"
> "The last two years offered only the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy the pre- President Ching-Wei Tzeng, will dance Rosborough said.
the part of Clara.
excerpts of the ballet," she said, "but this vious two years.
"The Nutcracker' is about Christmas
Gray
said
it
was
the
right
time
to
perThe Dec. 11 performance will begin at 7
year, the whole ballet will be included."
magic,"
she said. "It is a gift to children
p.m. Performances Dec. 12 and 13 will
Ann Rosborough, owner-director of form the entire ballet.
of
all
ages.
"The first year, we didn't want to antic- begin at 2 p.m.
The Ballet School in Auburn, will direct
"I just hope we can help people dream,
ipate
the community's reaction to (the
General admission seats are sold out
this year's performance of the ballet.
hope
and believe, and I hope we can
"I am very excited," Rosborough said. ballet)," she said. "But this year, we have for the Saturday and Sunday perfor- make them feel a little better than they
enough dancers and there is enough mances. Reserved seating is still avail"It will be an extremely special event."
did before."
Rosborough said participants in the community involvement and interest to able.
For more information about the perforReserved seats are $10 for adults, $7 for
ballet were selected both through area support the entire performance."
mances,
contact the Auburn Arts
Todd Putman, owner of Dance Et children 12 and under. The remaining
dance studios and through open audiAssociation
at 887-2832.
Cetera in Prattville, will dance the part of general admission seats for Friday's perB Y JENNIFER PAGE

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Movie companies offer strong group of holiday releases

B Y RICHARD ROWAN

Staff Writer
!lf you are expecting little
more than socks and Furbies
u n d e r your Christmas tree,
venture to the theaters and
check out the excellent holiday
j movie season.
Last December was the
. launching pad for such Oscar
winners as "As Good As It
Gets," "Good Will Hunting,"
and of course, the unsinkable
"Titanic."
From the same studio that
supplied us with the critically
embraced summer hit, "Saving
Private Ryan," comes "The
Prince of Egypt." This adaptation of the story of Moses is one
of the most visually spectacular
animated masterpieces to ever
;hit the big screen. The Disney
monopoly on animated feat u r e s has now ceased with the

enormous buzz surrounding

this biblical epic.
In the category of romantic
comedy, the can't-miss story of
Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan
. reuniting with their "Sleepless
in Seattle" director in "You've
Got Mail." This film promises
to
skillfully
interweave
romance and laughter with the
best chemistry of any on-screen
couple.
Also attacking the Christmas
Day box office is the World War
II drama, "The Thin Red Line."
This movie has big plans on
invading the Oscar nominations spearheaded by a stellar
cast led by Sean Penn, Woody
Harrelson and Nick Nolte. The
representations of the horrors
and the heroics of warfare are
brilliantly represented in this
film.
Susan Sarandon is the mother
Julia Roberts will never be in

CONTRIBUTED

December movies such as 'The Thin Red Line,' starring Woody Harrelson and
Sean Penn, are expected to garner a number of award nominations. Last year,
films released in December earned 53 Academy Award nominations.
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comedy, "Stepmom." Director
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made "Mrs. Doubtfire," .is sure

to deliver another quality hit
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Robin Williams returns to his
forte in the dramatic comedy
"Patch Adams." It is the true
story of a former mental patient
that becomes a pediatrician
who prescribes laughter as the
best medicine. The Academy
Award winning actor may see
his fifth nomination for his
touching portrayal of this title
character.
Last year, 53 Oscar nominations came from films with
December release dates. In all
liklelihood, movie viewers can
expect that trend to continue
with the anticipated high quality of this year's holiday films.

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Thursday, Dec. 3,1998

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Santa parachutes, spreads Christmas cheer to local kids

BY JODY
SCHNURRENBERGER

Staff Writer
Saturday, Nov. 21, Santa left his
sleigh behind to parachute from a
plane, landing in the field in front
of the USA Factory Stores.
"I enjoy pleasing little kids,"
Pete Culbreath, a first sergeant in
the Infantry Training Brigade at
Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga.,
said. "I enjoy it. I especially like to
do the flying Elvis's and Santa. I
like to see the kids."
Santa was whisked away in a
car, and taken behind the stores
where he was replaced with a
more jolly looking man. Hundreds
of children waited in line to tell
him their Christmas wishes.
The switch didn't go unnoticed
by all, though. Litivia Warren, a

student at Southern Union College

and sales associate at Carter's
said, "Santa was kind of slim.
Even the kids noticed. One of
them said, 'Look momma, Santa
must be on a diet.' But it was kind
of fun seeing Santa parachute out
of the air."
"It was the most in shape Santa
I've ever seen, but I think it was
great. It was fun for the whole
family," Derek "Mojo" Myers, promotions and music director and
on-air personality for Rock 103
radio station in Columbus said.
A.G. HALl/Photo Staff
"It was good to see the twinkle
in the children's eyes when Santa Santa Claus dropped in on the USA Factory Stores Nov. 21.
came diving from the sky," Randy
Roads, fleet manager for Rock 103 pictures taken with said, "He's a Maximum Party Characters who
good Santa Claus. I've met him supplied the costumes and
said.
before.
He's a good jumper."
employees
for
Frosty
the
About Culbreath as Santa, Bill
Snowman,
Rudolph
the
Red
Culbreath
has
jumped
nearly
Slaughter, who dressed as the
Santa for children to have their 3,000 times. Slaughter, owner of Nosed Reindeer, and Mickey

Mouse,
has
worked
with
Culbreath as the jumping and sitting Santas for the USA Factory
Stores for the six years the promotion has been done.
As expected, Santa brought customers. "It's a good promotion
every year. It always increases our
sales," Lee Anne Caudle of
Auburn, manager of the Paper
Factory said.
"Even if they (customers) don't
buy anything today, they may see
something they like and come
back later. It gets everybody in the
mood to shop for Christmas,"
Caudle said.
Amy Flowers Uphold, marketing director and mall manager
,tries to arrange something special
at least once a month. Some of the
annual events at the USA Factory
Stores include an arts and crafts

fair, fire fighters competitions,

ping pong ball drop, Boy Scout
Jamboree and antique car show. ;Along with the Santas, there
were sidewalk sales, pictures with
Santa, free coloring books and
candy canes, various characters
including the mall mascot, Regal
Eagle, walking around entertaining kids and the radio stations
Rock 103 and Tiger 95.9 entertain
to adults.
About 5,000 people came out for
the day's events. "It was a big success. It's our way of kicking off our
Christmas season and bringing
Santa out for the kids," Uphold
said.
Slaughter will also be taking pictures with children for $1 and
handing out free candy canes and.
coloring books on Dec. 5 and 19. .

AU Singers present Fall Show

BY MAC MIRABILE

Intrigue Staff
The Auburn University Singers
presented its annual Fall Show to
a sold-out crowd Monday night at
the Telfair Peet Theater.
The Auburn University Singers,
a mixed show choir consisting of
thirty-two singers, four backup
singers and 10 instrumentalists,
was conducted by Thomas R.
Smith, Director of Choral
Activities at Auburn.
The University Singers opened
the show, walking through and
greeting the audience, shortly
before they "Set the Night to
Music" in their first piece. The
sequined outfits of the singers
flashed in the spotlight as they
EARL UNDERWOOD/Photo Staff
danced their way to the stage.
The song ended with thunderous
The AU Singers preformed its annual fall show in Telfair Peet
applause from the audience, a hint Theater Monday night to a sold out crowd.
of that yet to come.
Closing the performance with
Music," "Edelweiss," and
The show featured music from
"Oklahoma" saw the singers wear- "Tear Them Down," the singers
all ages for all ages. Songs rangjoined hands, smiles across their
ing the costumes ranging from
ing from Celine Dion's popular
faces, and took a bow. The instru"I'll Be" to U2's "Love is Blindness" cowboys to sailors and nuns to
mentalists were then lead to center
tomboys.
were some.of the more contempostage for a standing ovation.
rary items performed by the
During "Do-Re-Mi," the singers
University Singers.
played the part of distracted and
Lee Miller, a senior in mass
communications and a four year
The University Singers sang and unruly children; yet despite the
discord apparent on stage, their
. member of the University Singers,
danced their way through "Love
unified voices still rang out in har- stated "everyone works so well
Potion No. 9" before entering the
together" that "the concert went off
age of swing in which they twirled mony.
and snapped to the "Big City
The program continued after the really well."
Beat."
introduction of the AU Singers
Stacey Peacock, a junior in early
and instrumentalists }jyith "Keep
childhood education, who has
The concert
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the Flame Alive," been singing on stage since high
drifted into sevschool and is looking forward to
and
eral arrange"Everyone works so "Riversong"
the AU Singers European trip,
"Somethin'
ments from
"we're going to be singing and
About You," a
Broadway. A
well together."
dancing" through England, France
humorous song
Broadway musiand Holland.
sung
by
the
cal duet, "The
quartet
of
Doug
Before they leave this summer
Proposal/The
LEE MILLER
Cordes,
Jacob
for
Europe, however, the
Night Was
Member of Auburn
Haines, Andrew
University Singers will have a
Alive," was perUniversity
Singers
McKeown and
Spring concert on a date to be
formed by the
Sloan
announced.
duet of Adam
Smith, who energetically conHose and Andrew McKeown. The Yarborough.
ducts the group founded in 1972,
After the Lee Miller solo perforsingers then sang their way
joked that his enthusiasm in
mance of "Moonlight Serenade,"
through a collection of tunes from
directing the University Singers
the AU Singers again rose, this
American musical theatre entitled
"helps keep me young."
time to the tune of the
"Rodgers and Hammerstein."
"Chattanooga
Choo
Choo."
The
He also states that he will conSwitching costumes to fit this
singers
danced
across
the
stage
in
tinue
in the path of his previous 27
medley, the University Singers
a nicely choreographed piece in
years as he continues to "have a
each dressed the part of a particuwhich the singers became the
roll, be effective, and make a diflar show. Their humorous renditrain.
ference" in future choral activities.
tion of hits such as "The Sound of

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Debra Funkhouser and Greta Lambert portray Sylvanie and Ivey Rowe in the AlabamaShakespeare Festival's production of 'Fair and Tender Ladies.' The play runs through Dec. 23.

ASF performs musical folk tale

BY LORI MOORE

Staff Writer
The Alabama Shakespeare
Festival is presenting "Fair and
Tender Ladies," a musical folk
tale about lovin', losin' and
livin' in the Appalachian mountains.
Free-spirited Ivey (Greta
Lambert) has sipped from the
cup of love and loss. But in the
foothills of Appalachia, it tastes
a lot like moonshine.
The play follows the life of
Ivey Rowe from 1912 to the
1970s. As Ivey comes to the end
of her life, she relives her experiences through letters to both
the dead and living.
Ivey makes a childhood pact
with her institutionalized sister,
Sylvanie (Debra Funkhouser), to
live freely. In her letters to
Sylvanie, she writes of her
dream to be a writer.
Her dreams are cut short
when she chooses a quick tryst
with a soldier rather than an
education in Boston.
The resulting scandal drives
her to her sister Beulah's (Kim

Ders) home in a modern mining

town.
As a "rurnt" woman, Ivey has
no restraints flirting with the
town's men. But after a disaster
at the mine, she realizes her
good pal Oakley (Samuel D.
Cohen) is the man to marry.
The couple returns to Sugar
Fork, Va., Ivey's birthplace, and
her free spirit is buried under
the weight of five kids and the
Great Depression.
When temptation gives way
to an affair with the "honeybee" man, Ivey's marriage actually strengthens.
Ivey looks back on her loves
and losses with the steelrimmed wisdom of age.
Though her dreams changed
with reality, she raised five successful children, lived on her
own terms and had few regrets.
Like her strong-willed grandmother, whom she quotes liberally, she sacrificed much and
gained more.
The musical successfully used
only six actors for nearly two
dozen parts and voices. Music
and Ivey's narration painted her

memories on stage.
Lambert often acts to no one
at all as the chorus (Cohen,
Woody Jenkins, Teresa Williams)
supplies the voices of the characters.
Author Lee Smith tells her
story of life's beauty with crass
simplicity. The characters
demonstrate an endearing lack
of couth in their life views.
The acting remained solid,
though sometimes too exaggerated for ASF's small Octagon
stage. The simple wooden set J j
perfectly created Ivey's rustic
world.
The music flowed well
through most of the play,
,;
though it fell short at the pivotal
mine disaster. The steel guitar J
created a simple bluegrass feel.
The fine and tender ladies of i
this story had backbones of
steel. Ivey was one of a long JHJ
line of survivors.
Like many of the women in .J,
her world, Ivey lived with dignity and died with beauty.
"Fine and Tender Ladies/'part
of ASF's Southern Writer's pro-.fi
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Welcome to Tuberville!
Thomas Hawley Tuberville becomes
Auburn's 25th head football coach,
leaving Ole Miss for the position
BY STEVE RAYMOND

Sports Editor
Saturday, Nov. 28, a new beginning at Auburn, as Thomas
Hawley Tuberville was named
head football coach.
"My family and I are honored to
have the opportunity to be your
next football coach," Tuberville
said.
"I would like to let Auburn family know that I am here and we are
going to be here, for a long time,"
he said.
Tuberville came to Auburn from
. Ole Miss where he spent four seasons as head coach.
His record at Ole Miss was 25-20.
"Our No. 1 goal always will be to
win a national championship, if
you're playing major college football if that is not your goal you
shouldn't be playing.
"If we achieve that goal we will
have won a conference championship which will be a goal, and
we will have beaten Alabama,
which is very
important,"
Tuberville said.
Tuberville was chosen as coach
by Athletics Director David
Housel.
"It has been a painfuloyear and
painful season for Auburn people.
Our nightmare is over. The sun has
broken through, and we are ready

to move forward to our future,"

Housel said.
Housel detailed several qualities
he was looking for in the new head
coach.
Those qualities were for the new
coach to be a proven winner, a
players coach, someone committed
to academic excellence as well as
athletic excellence, someone able to
unify
the
Auburn people, a good
recruiter with
Auburn values and a
coach that .
HOUSEL
will run the
program under NCAA regulations.
"In two words, we were looking
for Tommy Tuberville," Housel
said.
Tuberville replaces Bill Oliver
who was Auburn's interim head
coach after the mid-season resignation of Terry Bowden. .
Tuberville inherited an Ole Miss
program that was plagued, by
NCAA sanctions and was able to
guide the Rebels to a winning
record in 1996 despite having just
61 scholarship players.
He never had a full compliment
of scholarship players in his four

years at Ole Miss.

"You could not be around the
SEC while Tommy has been at Ole
Miss and not be impressed with
the job Tommy has done," Housel
said.
Tuberville was named SEC
Coach of the Year by the
Associated Press last season and
was the runner-up for the Schutt
Sports Coach of the Year honor
awarded by American Football
Quarterly.
Tuberville was an assistant at
Miami from 1986-93, including
being defensive coordinator in
1993.
He was also the defensive coordinator at Texas A&M in 1994
before coming to Ole Miss in 1995.
"I am one of the most fortunate
guys to be able to work with many
great people," Tuberville said.
Tuberville coached under Miami
Dolphins coach Jimmy Johnson,
Seattle Seahawks coach Dennis
Erickson, Dallas Cowboys player
personal director Larry Lacewell
and Texas A&M coach R.C.
Slocumb.
"I take my defensive x's and o's
from Larry Lacewell. Jimmy
Johnson is a delegator of authority,
he hires good coaches and if you're
not a good coach you won't be
there long. He was the best
recruiter I have ever been around
and organizer," Tuberville said.
"R.C. Slocumb taught me how to
deal with probation, we went
undefeated but we did not go to a
bowl. From Dennis Erickson I
learned offensive philosophy, he
basically started the one back and

THINH NGUYEN/Assistant Photo Editor

Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville takes interviews after his meeting with the players
on Monday. Tuberville brings to Auburn a 25-20 record after four years at Ole Miss.
no back offense.
"But my philosophy is my own,"
Tuberville said.
Tuberville's contract is similar to
that of the previous coach, Terry
Bowden.
It is a five-year contract with a
minimum salary of $700,000. But
incentives could push the contract
to more than $800,000.
The contract is also a roll-over
contract in which the coach and the
University have the right to extend
the contract each year.

Another change is all funds will

be
funnelled
through
the
University, including endorsements. Previously, endorsements
were handled by the Auburn
Network.
"That is a fundamental change,
but it is essentially a bookkeeping
change," Housel said.
Tuberville comes to the Plains
with the reputation as a strong
recruiter.
"What we need to start tonight is
recruiting. Recruiting is the'most

important thing we do, it starts in

this state and in all four corners.
We need to rebuild a relationship
with the high school coaches that
this university is second to none,"
Tuberville said.
"We will do our homework and
we will do it awfully hard."
Tuberville also brings the reputation as a coach who is not afraid to
take chances.

please see COACH, D 3

Eight Ole Miss assistants change zip codes Players respond to

new coach, changes
BY STEVE RAYMOND

Sports Editor

With a new head coach come

new assistant coaches, as Auburn's
coaching staff will resemble Ole
Miss' from last season.
Eight members of new head
coach Tommy Tuberville's staff
will be changing addresses from
Oxford to Auburn.
"These coaches are good people
who love what they are doing.
They have great personalities with
very little ego and that is rare in
this business. They believe in each
other and enjoy being around one
another," Tuberville said.
Auburn's offensive coordinator
will be Noel Mazzone. Mazzone
was offensive coordinator for four
seasons under Tuberville at Ole
Miss.
"I think the players are excited.
This is a tough transition, it is
tougher for the players with relationships being broken and they
have to learn a new system,"
Mazzone.
Mazzone, 40, coached quarterbacks at Minnesota for three sea-

sons before coming to Ole Miss,"

Mazzone said.
"Continuity is a key on this staff.
We play as a team and coach on a
team. This is my sixth school and I
have never seen a staff where
nobody leaves."
He also spent five seasons coaching quarterbacks at TCU and five
years as an assistant at Colorado
State.
"Our offensive philosophy-is to
score. The one good news is that
we don't have to play Auburn and
Brother Oliver. They were the only
ones we really had a hard time
with," Mazzone said.
Eddie Gran will coach the running backs next season for Auburn.
Gran was a graduate assistant at
Miami when Tuberville was an
assistant coach there.
Gran, 33, has coached at
Cincinatti and East Carolina.
Greg Knox will coach the wide
receivers at Auburn and will be
recruiting coordinator.
THINH NGUYEN/Assistant Photo Editor
"I called a couple kids (recruits) New Auburn defensive tackles coach Don Dunn takes questions on
and they asked, Coach what

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Monday. Dunn coached four years at Ole Miss under Tuberville and
comes to Auburn with seven other Ole Miss assistant coaches.

Tuberville the man to lead Tigers into next century

A new era is beginning on the
Plains.
last Saturday Auburn ended
the speculation and announced
Tommy Tuberville would be the
next head football coach.
While some fans wanted to see.
the interim removed from Bill
Oliver's title, Tuberville being
hired is the best thing for
Auburn.
Tuberville, who is known as
the "Mississippi Riverboat
Gambler" for some of his play
calling, was the best candidate
for the job when you take everything into account.
With all the speculation brewing about what actually happened with former Tiger leader
Terry Bowden, Auburn needs
someone from the outside of this
situation to step in and straight-

en things out.
The public
doesn't know
what really
occurred with
Coach Bowden,
and the two people that do
(Lowder and
Bowden) aren't
talking.
One thing is fur sure, huwevei,
Tuberville had nothing to do
with it, and Auburn needs somebody that wasn't around when it
happened.
Tuberville has proven that he
can thrive in adverse situations.
In 1994, he took the reigns of an
Ole Miss team that was on probation and in disarray and has
turned it into a successful and
winning program.

Tuberville is
also an excellent
recruiter. He did a
great job luring
athletes to Oxford
(if you've been
there, you know
what I'm talking
about).
It's kind of hard
to attract talent to
play in a 45,000 scat stadium in-;
town that is, let's say "less than
exciting."
To quote a gas station attendant that our sports editor Steve
asked about the town's restaurants, "This ain't Auburn, this is
Oxford. We ain't got no
Applebees or Ruby Tuesday, this
is Oxford."
It's amazing what Tuberville
did at Ole Miss, and it will be

exciting to see what he can do

here on the Plains.
Tuberville has been successful
everywhere he has been, whether
it has been helping win national
championships at Miami or turing around a Rebel program that
had sunk to rock bottom.
Athletics Director David
Housel has put the Tigers in
position to make a fresh start by

Randall Rowe

"I just wanted to let them know

our goals, my philosophy on hanAssistant Sports Editor
dling a team and the direction we
As Tommy Tuberville emerged are going to go," Tuberville said.
"The train is pulling out, if you
as the coach to lead Auburn's stowant
to get on, get on. If you don't,
ried football program into the 21st
you'll
get left behind."
century, the first
^ ^ ^
Being on the other end of
step
came I
Tuberville's message, freshman
Monday
afterfullback Heath Evans said, "Coach
noon
when
Tuberville
talked about being one,
Tuberville finally]
being
a
unit,
and if you're not
met face-to-face I
going to join us, leave us now. I
with the players.
think that's great."
When
asked I
The focus was on the players
what the meeting I
themselves
as Tuberville stressed
was
about,[
to
the
group
he will be a "player's
Tuberville said,
coach."
"Today was my day to explain
Sophomore offensive guard
what I'm about, who I am, why
I'm here and what we want to Kendall Simmons said, "A player's coach is what everyone on the
accomplish."
Presenting himself to the play- team needs, and I think he will do
ers in a closed-door meeting a good job of that."
resulted in an overwhelmingly
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positive reaction by the players.
BY BODIE PICKENS

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a bright future when it comes to
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Snake man in the secondary Club soccer team wins SEC

State University, whose only loss
this season was to Auburn. The
game-winning goal was scored by
No. 5, Kevin Pitts. Pitts is also the
teams leading scorer.
Through the team's diligent
efforts and hard work, Auburn
now had the opportunity to compete against our nation's best club
soccer teams in Phoenix, Ariz,
where the National Championship
Finals were held Nov. 19-22.
In addition to winning the SEC
Championship, four of the
Auburn players were selected for
the all SEC Tournament Team:
Ryan Krausse, Jacob Skinner, Brad
Warden, and Rusty Harper.
Krausse, a senior in communication, said, "This is what we have
been talking about since the first

"Everyone looks up to you in period, his 4-foot python, better BY KRISTIN GADD
high school because you were the known as Lil' Dirty, was mysteri- Staff Writer
Sports Staff
best. Once I got here I was com- ously lost somewhere in his
The Auburn Men's Club Soccer
At first glance, you might mis- peting with 105 All-Americans dorm.
produced a 6-0 record going into
"One day he was just up and the SEC Championship.
take him for a professional just to get playing time.
gone!
I was constantly looking
"At
first
I
would
have
liked
to
wrestler.
The championship was held on
for
him,
but for nine months he Saturday, Nov. 7, in Meridian,
Your second and third observa- play both offense and defense,
Miss. The team was victorious,
tions of Antwoine Nolan would but I'm satisfied with the role I could not be found.
"One evening my roommate and this is the first time Auburn
probably net the same results as play now."
Unique could have been anoth- was studying, and Lil' Dirty has won the SEC title.
your initial one. Your perception
First,
the
team
played
would not be entirely inaccurate. er candidate for Nolan's nick- crawled across his feet," Nolan
Mississippi
State,
who
had
beaten
* Nolan, a junior in communica- name, but it too lacks pizazz and said.
Alabama, and were victorious
.As far as his football life is con- with a score of 2-1. Goals were
tion, is the proud owner of two would probably not strike fear
into
Hollywood
Hogan's
heart.
cerned,
many people have won- scored by No. 11 Rusty Harper
pythons, sports a bleached-blond
dered
how
Terry Bowden's mid- (team president) and No. 12 Nick
During
his
sophomore
year
in
hairdo and is a devoted viewer of
season
departure
has affected the Miele.
high
school,
Nolan
and
a
friend
World Championship Wrestling
young
athletes
of
Auburn. Nolan
In the finals, the Auburn club
and New World Order. He even placed a bet on a basketball
says,
if
anything,
it has helped
team defeated Middle Tennessee
Has a perfect nickname for a game. Dirty lost. This explains
his alternative hairdo. The bet him.
wrestling artist: Dirty.
called for the loser to dye his hair
"One of the biggest reasons for
His alias, exotic pets
'
my
choosing
and awkward hair style
Auburn
was
stem from his younger
"One evening my roommate knowing
Some might call it a roller- coastthat
jfears in Newnan, Ga.
er
ride. But the 1998 Auburn footOliver
S "When I was in high
was studying and Lil" Dirty Coach
ball
season didn't have enough
would be there as
school my teammates
peaks for that distinction to apply
said that I played dirty
crawled across his feet." defensive coordiHowever you want to describe
nator,"
Nolan this season last season it was
because sometimes I
said.
Would take cheap shots
miserable. But, it's over, and it
ANTWOINE NOLAN
"He is a very hurts less in retrospect.
at my
opponents,"
Defensive back
NOLAN
wise person and
Nolan said.
I watched most of the season
always
tells
it
like
from
the stands. Seven times I
* "I was always doing
went
on my way to watch the
it
is.
As
far
as
the
change
from
blond.
Nolan,
being
a
man
of
his
anything I could to get an advanTigers play at Jordan-Hare
Coach
Bowden
to
Coach
Oliver,
word,
followed
through
and
tage on the field and soon people
Stadium. Five times they lost. I
just started calling me Dirty. It's quickly grew fond of his new I'd have to say, personally, I have didn't like it much.
more respect for Oliver, and I
look.
stuck ever since."
But two Saturday nights ago I
"It's not every day that you see think it's safe to say that the saw Auburn football, Auburn
J Another nickname he could
ftave been given is Effective, but a black guy walking around with majority of the team would University even, from a different
agree."
that's not quite as intimidating or blond hair," he said.
perspective: as an "objective"
With Oliver's background as a media member who was not
"The bet was only a one time
flashy.
i In his senior season at East thing, but immediately I fell in defensive coordinator and spe- allowed to cheer or jeer outwardly.
This could have been difficult,
Coweta High, Nolan was ranked love with it, my parents fell in cialty in defensive backs
especially during Auburn's roaring
Nolan
and
the
Tiger
defensive
love
with
it,
and
ever
since
it
has
among the top 50 athletes in
unit was hoping he would start, but turned into no challenge
Georgia. As a defensive back, just stuck."
at all. The more I sat on in silence,
A lot of things seem to stick for remain as head coach next year.
Nolan snagged seven intercepthe more I came to understand
However, sometimes things about Auburn, about this series
tions during his final year and Nolan, including his hits on
don't always work out. While and what it all means.
caught an equal number of touch- opposing receivers.
Nolan
is interested in continuing
In his collegiate career, Nolan is
downs as a wide receiver.
Watching the night's festivities
his
football
career after Auburn, from high above the field forced a
,* Initially, Nolan played as a a two-time letterman, who in
detachment from what transpired
receiver while being recruited, 1997 led the Tigers in breaking up he does have a backup plan.
"I would like to work with chil- below. What I saw mattered more
but has since found a home at passes and has just completed his
second season as full time starter dren," he said. "I am minoring in than the scoreboard or the record
fight corner.
education counseling and enjoy books.
J "Coming to Auburn from high at right cornerback.
Seventy-thousand crimson-clad
However, sometimes Nolan working with kids. I am leaning
school was like night and day,"
fans
released decibels upon decihe said. "In high school I was has trouble staying attached to in the area of motivational speak- bels of joy after exorcising the
ing.
used to being an all-star on both his snakes.
demons of a 4-7 season a year ago.
Recently, for a nine-month
sides of the ball.
BY RYAN LEE

practice of the season. We set a

goal, and everyone was willing to
work for it.
"Our team is filled with good
players at every position, but it is
the willingness to play as a team
that makes us successful. We feel
we have a good shot at being
National Champions and bringing
the big one back to Auburn," he
said.
"The entire team wishes to
thank ill of the soccer sweethearts
for their help. Special recognition
goes to Tiffany Sutton, Rachel
Hopper,and Alicia Martin for
attending all games, home and
away. Your undying Auburn soccer spirit and continuing support
is greatly appreciated," Krausse
said.

It's great to be an Auburn Tiger*

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days.
As the clock wound down,
Athletics Director David Housel
told me this Auburn team and season forces you to draw a line in the
sand and ask yourself which side,
you stand on. "The Auburn side,"
he said. "I stand on the Auburn
side."
The men in orange and blue
gave valiantly that night. They did
A small contingent of Auburn
not want to go 3-8. They wanted to
students, distinguishable in the
win.
They wanted to please the
north end zone only by their
throngs
who live vicariously
enthusiasm, weathered the cold in
through them.
hopes that the season would be
That night, they pleased me anysalvaged.
way. I saw for the first time what
Two bands performed their best
they go through every week, and I
shows of the year. They played a
came to a startling conclusion:
little louder than any other game.
that's enough for me.
The fans got there earlier than
Stunned Auburn students, some
usual, and they didn't leave till the
seniors, stood in the stands wonfinal horn. This series is truly spedering why it had to end this way.
cial.
But that's just it; 31-17 is not an
But Auburn still lost, you say.
Auburn did lose. It did hurt. And ending. Neither is 3-8. They are but
points on the Auburn timeline.
it does matter.
After the game some Auburn
More importantly, though,
faithful
stayed to say, "It's great to
Auburn University is the same
be an Auburn Tiger!" over and
institution today as is was prior to
over again.
kickoff. "War Eagle" means the
Some Crimson Tide faithful
same thing now as it meant on
jeered
back "It's great to be 3-8! I
Sept. 3, before the season ever
said it's great to be 3-8!" You
began.
know, it ain't so bad when being
Observing the final 10 minutes
an Auburn Tiger comes with it.
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riverboat gambler, now I am the
Auburn riverboat gambler. We
will take chances, we will have
fun. I will get complaints from
David that we won't sell a lot of
cokes, because you better stay in
your seat, because we are going to
do something at any time,"
Tuberville said.
"I love to do the unorthodox, I
love the surprising. I learned this
from Jimmy Johnson, we would
try to do one or two things in a
game, it helps the players practice,
gives them a sense that coach
wants to win the game."
Tuberville said he will run the
same offense and defense he did at
Ole Miss.
"You have to be able to run the

football to win; you have to be consistent. Somewhere during the sea- school are you at now'," Knox said. nator at Maine before arriving at
Knox, 34, came to Ole Miss in Ole Miss.
son if your philosophy is only to
1995
from Stephen F. Austin.
Terry Price will coach the defenthrow the football, you are going
"This
is
a
very
close
staff.
We
sive
ends.
to have a bad day. We will run the
Price, 30, came to Ole Miss from
football. We will spread the field," were at Ole Miss four years and
never had one coach leave. We had Western Kentucky.
Tuberville said.
Price was an all-conference
Tuberville is 44 years old and is other job offers, but everyone
to
defensive end at Texas A&M in
married to the former Suzanne decided
stick together.
1989 and an honorable mention
Fette.
The more conAll-American.
He has two children, Thomas, 4,
sistency you
"We won't miss a beat. All we
and Troy, 2.
have the betare doing is changing offices and
"He is really excited about being
ter your team
changing names (of schools). These
here," Suzanne said.
will be," Knox
guys will hit the ground running
"I don't think there is any better
said.
and they will sell this program. It's
place to coach college football, live
Joe
a great place to sell," Tuberville
and raise a family than Auburn,
Pannunzio
said.
Ala.," Tuberville said.
will coach
TUBERVILLE
A defensive coordinator has not
the special
been named.
teams and tight ends.
"Right now we are going to hire
Pannunzio, 39, also coached at a defensive coordinator. I don't
Minnesota and TCU.
know who that is going to be,
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Hugh Nail will coach the offenJ whether it will one of the guys on
sive line.
the staff, I just don't know now,"
Nail, 40, spent six seasons at Tuberville said.
TCU before arriving at Ole Miss.
Tuberville offered the job to fortalks individually to each player
Nail played at Georgia under Vince mer interim head coach and defenand gets to know them, then it
Dooley.
sive coordinator Bill Oliver.
will go a long way in helping the
Don Dunn will coach the defen"I kid with Bill Oliver that he is
team grow close to the coach," sive tackles.
the second best defensive coach in
freshman Meiko Collier said.
"This is a tough situation for the country behind me," Tuberville
Players like Collier were
them (players). It is a tough deal said.
pleased he was hired because it
when you lose a coach but unfortuHowever, Oliver decided to
assured a fair chance.
nately it is part of the business," remain in retirement and not to
"I wanted to see a new coach
Dunn said.
take the position.
because the previous coach
Dunn, 44, has coached at
"I knew what he was going to
(Bowden) had his favorites and
Nevada-Reno, Pacific University, tell me, but I had to give it a shot.
some players wasn't given a fair
Montana State and Tennessee.
That could be a reason I might be
chance," he said.
"Our door is always open. If they holding it open for a while. There
Even though losing most of the
(players) have a problem they can are only so many fish out there he
old staff will take time for the come see us," Dunn said.
can catch," Tuberville said.
players to get use to, some players
"We are excited, lucky and very
Assistant coach Joe Whitt will be
stressed the importance of learn- fortunate to come to Auburn. It is a retained by Tuberville in some
ing the new ways.
great opportunity for us," he capacity.
"We are going to have to learn a
added.
"Joe is an on-the-field coach right
new system and try to work it out
John Lovett will coach the defen- now during the recruiting period.
the right way for us (the players)," sive backs.
Joe is important to us in recruitjunior defensive end Leonardo
Lovett, 46, was defensive coordi- ing," Tuberville said.
Carson.
"It is something you have to
keep a positive attitude on and go
on with it," senior defensive end
Jimmy Brumbaugh said.
"I'm really relieved that we
finally have a coach, and we're
ready to move on with things,"
freshman quarterback Gabe Gross
said.
As a whole, the majority of the
football team is expressing satisfaction with the choice of
Tuberville leading the Tigers in
the future.

PLAYERS
Regarding the way Tuberville
presented himself, freshman tight
end Lorenzo Diamond said, "The
part that got my attention was that
he stated himself to be a player's
coach."
Fellow
freshman
Derek
Magwood
agreed
with
Diamond's statement.
"Tuberville came across as a
guy who truly wants to be a player's coach and generally wants
what's best for the players."
Magwood
added,
"He
(Tuberville) seems excited about
getting to personally know the
players unlike the previous coach
that we had."
Some players had heard positive things about of Tuberville
even before he was hired.
"I liked him even back when he
was trying to recruit me,"
Simmons said. "He left a good
impression on me the first time I
met him."
"When I first heard that
Tuberville was going to be the
new coach, I was curious to see if
he was the player's coach that I
heard he was," said sophomore
linebacker Roderick Chambers.
"We'll find out more about him
and his personality once he talked
to us individually within the
week," he said.
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Earlon and Betty McWhorter
donated $2.5 million to the
Athletic Department, representing
the largest one-time gift in Auburn
Athletic history.
This large donation will be used
to fund construction of a new
women's sports complex to be
built near the softball facility off
Samford Avenue.
The complex will house a gymnastics practice facility in addition
to offices and locker rooms for
gymnastics and softball.
Construction of the facility is
scheduled to begin September
1999.
Yann Cowart, a former football

player at Auburn and member of

The
Butner
Group
in
Montgomery, will design the new
facility.
Earlon McWhorter, a supporter
of the University and Auburn
Athletics, said, "It has been our
desire to make a major contribution to Auburn. That desire later
became a goal."
McWhorter became a student at
Auburn in 1966 at age 29 with a
wife and two children. Betty
worked at East Alabama Regional
Medical Center while Earlon
earned his degree in building science.
"This enables us to fulfill a commitment to all student-athletes,
both
male
and female,"
McWhorter said. "This is some-

thing we believe is very important

and something we really wanted
to do."
Earlon McWhorter is president
of McWhorter and Co.
McWhorter and Co. is a commercial contractor operating in 26
states and was ranked among the
top 15 in size in 1998 by Business
Alabama Magazine.
"The McWhorters have given to
Auburn in so many ways over the
years, and now they have taken
the opportunity to leave a visible
legacy," said Jay Jacobs, associate
athletics director.
The McWhorter's daughters,
Brenda Aughtman and Beth
Casey, are also Auburn graduates
and former Tigerettes.
McWhorter said he chose to

fund a women's complex because,

"Our women's facilities are just
not what they should be."
Jacobson said the McWhorter's
gift has helped every athletic
department, because their budgets
won't have to be cut to fund the
women's complex.
David Housel, athletics director,
said, "Betty and Earlon are the
blueprint for Auburn people.
They are the examples all Auburn
people should try to emulate, not
just because of their generosity,
but because of their commitment
to whatever things are true and
good. They are for Auburn first,
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Swimmers find success in Arizona desert

Men sweep both Arizona schools as
women rebound against Sun Devils
after falling victim to the Wildcats
The men were assisted by
young athletes as six events were
Assistant Sports Editor
taken by several Auburn freshThe men's and women's swim men.
teams recently completed a west
"The guys came up big for us.
coast swing, that included dual The captains and the freshman
meets against nationally ranked were the key," Marsh said.
Arizona and Arizona State.
John Pearce won the 500-yard
The men swept the Wildcats freestyle and also finished second
and Sun Devils while the women in the 200-yard freestyle with a
rebounded with a victory against time of 1:39.23. In the 200 breast
Arizona State.
stroke, Justin Rhine came out first
In their meet against the with a time of 2:04.52, while
Wildcats, the women fell to Kevin Clements and David
Denniston finished secArizona's
womens
ond and third respecteam 181.5 to 114.5.
tively.
However, the men captured their opening
"I was pleased with the
dual win by topping
weekend
and
also
the Wildcat men's team
pleased with my overall
154-140.
performance," Pearce
said.
Swimming Coach
David Marsh said, "The
When asked about
Arizona meet did not
Arizona,
Marsh said,
MARSH
come out like we
"We knew that Arizona
expected and it was a little disap- was going to be tough and it
pointing."
would prove to be a gut check
On the women's side, the time for the team."
Tigers captured five of the events
After traveling from Tucson to
including the 200-yard relay won Tempe, the Auburn swim team
by juniors Mimi Bowen and Katie found a way to win against the
Ryan, senior Katie Taylor and Sun Devils two days later.
sophomore Brook Monroe.
Regarding the meet against
Freshman swimmer Ashley ASU, Marsh said, "I don't know
Ellis recorded the highest finish if it was the Arizona sunshine or
as she placed second in the 200 that we had a couple of days'
butterfly by posting a time of rest, but we came out on top. I
2:01.77. Ellis also placed third in would say it was the latter."
the 200-yard backstroke with a
The men claimed victory 168time of 2:04.92.
94 while the women edged ASU's
Marsh said, "Overall, the team women's squad 138-124.
The Auburn men won 10
is coming along good."
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events in the competition.

more Annemieke McReynolds
"The Arizona meet seemed to won with a time of 1:43.53.
be a wake up call and it showed
"The women performed well
against Arizona State," Marsh against the Arizona State squad,"
said.
Marsh said.
Like before, the "freshman
Freshman swimmer Abby
presence" outshined the Sun Hochella said, "We are expecting
Devils as Clements and Bryan to be more solid this year and the
Rother placed first and second in meets out in Arizona will help us
the 1,650-yard race. Rother when we host Stanford in
clocked at 15:55.49, while January."
Clements was timed at 15:34.38.
Stanford is the defending
Regarding this performance, NCAA women's champion with
Marsh said, "The most exciting its last visit to the Plains resulting
thing about the Arizona State in the title.
meet was the improvement of our
Monroe helped the women
men's distance group with build a 24-12 lead by winning the
Rother and Clements taking the 1,000-yard freestyle.
1,650 freestyle."
Marsh said, "A dominating win
Rhine continued his success by set up great things ahead for the
winning the 200-yard
women."
breast stroke for the secBowen placed first in
ond straight time, postthe 50-yard freestyle
ing a mark of 2:03.98.
(23.66) and second in the
Sophomore
Jeff
100-yard
freestyle
Somensatto captured
(51.87). Not to be outthe
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fly
done, Ryan finished sec(1:48.61) and the 200ond in the 50-yard
yard
back
stroke
freestyle (24.14) while
(1:48.76). Matt Busbee
Taylor
placed first in the
BOWEN
claimed the 50-yard
100-yard freestyle.
freestyle with a time of 20.59 secMcReynolds won the 200-yard
onds.
breast stroke with a time of
Auburn also got a 1-2-3 punch 2:14.33 while junior Rada Owen
in the 100-yard freestyle as Brock captured the 200-meter back
Newman (49.26), junior Carter stroke.
Hull (49.86) and Somensatto
The men improved to 2-0 in
(50.08) finished respectively.
dual meets while the women are
"Brock Newman came up currently 1-2.
strong for us as well as everyone
In the mix of the weekend,
on the men's side," Marsh said.
Marsh was selected to be on the
After losing against the coaching staff of the 1999 Pan
Wildcats, the women defeated Pacific Championships.
the 23rd-ranked Sun Devils.
"It's a real honor, and I'm
The Auburn women started pleased to represent the United
winning with a victory in the 200 States," Marsh said.
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On Tuesday during the
Thanksgiving break, Auburn's
interim head football coach, Bill
Oliver, removed himself from
consideration for the head coaching job on the Plains.
"At my age I just can't look in
the mirror and justify to myself
that I can do for these players
what a younger coach can do for
them," said Oliver.
After Terry Bowden's resignation Oct. 23, Oliver led the Tigers
to a 2-3 record. He coached the
Tigers to victories over Louisiana
Tech and Central Florida in the
five-game span.
"For him to say I'm burnt out,
and I want to step down and
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Five days after Oliver pulled
his name out of the hat, Auburn
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"I've been fortunate to work with Tuberville expressed interest at
the press conference in luring
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two really great athletic directors
Tiger defense.
during my time as a coach."
"I'd love for him to be part of
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BILL OLIVER
Tuberville also joked that there
Former interim head football coach
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"I've been fortunate to work
"Bill Oliver is the second best
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Oliver's interim stint as the
win a National Championship in
"Hootie Ingram was one and Tigers' head coach marked the
1992.
David Housel is the other. I have second time that "Brother"
Oliver's defense was ranked confidence that David will do the Oliver has served as a head
second overall in the SEC this right thing for this program. coach. His first tour of duty came
season and kept the Tigers in These players don't have to at UT-Chattanooga.

almost every game late into the

fourth quarter.
Oliver expressed nothing but
confidence that Athletics Director
David Housel would make the
right decision when he chose the
Tigers next head coach.

and had 11 steals. They also out

rebounded the Rainbows 42-31.
"We just have to go play each
time out and find a way to win.
Every time that we have won a
game this year, it has been different people. I even liked the way
our bench played," Ellis said.
Auburn moved its record to 60.
In its first game of the United
Airlines Tip-Off Classic, Auburn
defeated Rutgers 70-55.
Porter led Auburn with 22
points and 11 rebounds in only 27
minutes of action.
Auburn jumped out to a 12-3
lead, but Rutgers was able to
rally to pull within 31-27 at halftime.
The Scarlet Knights were able
to score the second half's first
seven points to take a 34-31 lead.
Auburn then scored eight consecutive points to grab a 39-35
lead with 15:11 remaining in the
A.G. Hall/Photo Staff
game.
Auburn
senior
forward
Bryant
Smith
and
junior
forward
Chris
The Tigers later added a 13-4

Auburn men's basketball team

is off to its best start in 12 years
following a win at the United
Airlines Tip-Off Classic in
Honolulu, Hawaii.
In the championship game of
the tournament the Tigers defeated Hawaii 84-57.
"We were the dominant team.
We beat a good team, and I didn't
think it would be as dominant as
it was," Coach Cliff Ellis said.
Sophomore
guard
Scott
Pohlman scored 19 points to lead
Auburn to the victory.
Auburn led 36-30 at halftime.
Auburn began the second half
with a 19-5 run to take a 19-point
lead with 12:55 to play in the
game.
"Our defense was making
plays and allowed us to get high
percentage shots off steals. We
shot it well and got in a rhythm in
the second half," Ellis said.
Freshman
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Heard had 13
with 7:39 left.
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team. We beat a good
bench includd e f e n s e
ing hitting all team, and I didn't think f o r c e d
three of his
Rutgers into
t h r e e - p o i n t it would be as dominant 25 turnovers
shots.
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as
it
was."
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t e a l s .
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and
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Junior forward Chris Porter on Monday, Nov. 23, 62-43 to
added 11 points and nine move its record to 4-0.
rebounds.
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Auburn led 22-15 at halftime.
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Heard led Auburn 12 points,
Porter added 11 points.
Junior
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Thursday, Nov. 19, Auburn
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N'Diaye improves level of play

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Ciampi's team led by Sparrow

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BY LIONEL BOURROUX

Sports Staff

Sports Staff

Mamadou N'Diaye, junior center, is from Dakar,

Senegal where he started playing basketball.
N'Diaye played one year of high school basketball at Maine Central Institute, a prep school in
Pittsfield, Maine. N'Diaye helped lead the team to
a 24-6 record his first year playing in America.
N'Diaye said the difference between Senegal and
American basketball is "a more physical game
here, back home we work more on skills and to
make plays to get an open shot. Here you have to
be physical and to be able to push the ball in close
to the basket."
Coach Cliff Ellis said, "I think that he has made
a lot of improvements over last year. He came from
another country and is still learning the American
game."
Ellis said, "We are still trying to teach him little
things, on the offensive end of the court, that will
make him better and will also make the team better
because of it. On the defensive end, N'Diaye is
there."
N'Diaye said, "I came to Auburn because of
Assistant Coach Mike LaPlante. He recruited me
when I was in Maine, and when Auburn hired him,
I came with him.
I didn't know much about Auburn before I came
here, but it's been a good choice for me. I like the
coaches who are here, and I think that we have got
the best, most talented team since I've been here."
J Last year, Auburn had a record of 16-14 and went
to the second round of the NIT tournament with
N'Diaye at center.
As a freshman, N'Diaye averaged three points a
game, 2.5 rebound and blocked 25 shots while only
starting 11 games.

. A.G. HALL/Photo Staff

Junior center Mamadou N'Diaye attempts a

shot during the Central Florida game.
N'Diaye last year averaged eight points per
game, 6.9 rebounds, which was a team high, and
blocked 152 shots, which broke Auburn's singleseason blocked-shot record once held by Charles
Barkley He ranked second in the SEC in blocked
shots per game, averaging 2.4. Also, this summer
N'Diaye played for the Senegal National Team in
the FIBA World Championships in Athens, Greece.
N'Diaye said, "When I'm out on the court, I just
try to play hard and smart and to give it my all.
This year, I think that I've gotten stronger which
will help my inside game and I have a little more
confidence on my shots."
N'Diaye said, about the fans, "I love the Cliff
Dwellers.They really get into the game. I hope the
fans will come out, in force, and support us. I like
playing at home because I know that the fans are
behind us, and I like playing for our fans."

Conswella Sparrow led Auburn

with 27 points in a 74-42 defeat of
UNC-Asheville on Monday, Nov.
30, to improve Auburn to a perfect
4-0 record.
Despite UNC-Asheville's ability
to tie the game four consecutive
times early in the first half, Auburn
gained the lead 17-13 with 8:52 left
in the half and never trailed again.
However, the Tigers still couldn't
keep their opponent out of contention and headed to the locker
room with a close score of 29-26.
The Tigers came back in the second half and outscored their opponent 45-13 to record a comfortable
win.
Sparrow honored her SEC Player
of the Week nomination with 27
points and 14 rebounds.
"They were a pretty' good team,
but I don't think we came out ready
to play from the beginning,"
Sparrow said. "We struggled early
in the game, but were a little bit
more aggressive in defense in the
second half."
The junior from Shelbyville,
Term., was also the first Auburn
player to win SEC Player of the
Week since Tara Williams won the
award for the week of Feb. 9,1997.
"It's a big honor. It goes along
with my teammates because without them I couldn't have gotten an
honor like that," she said.
Another highlight of the win

A G . HALL/Photo Staff

Auburn sophomore guard Tasha Hamilton clears the lane

against UNC-Asheville. The women are currently undefeated.
against UNC-Asheville was the
performance of Tasha Hamilton,
who hustled for 11 points and 10
rebounds.
"In the off-season, I've tried to
improve my shots and my defense.
It gave me a lot of confidence,"
Hamilton said. "Now, I realize the
potential that I have."
Coach Joe Ciampi said he was
relieved after Monday's victory.
"Offensively, we were making
some.bad choices in the first half,
and the players had to understand
the changes we had to make," he
said. "Tasha Hamilton was a big
contributor tonight. She made
some key baskets for us."
In previous action, on Nov. 27-28,

Auburn cruised to victory in the

championship game of the Auburn
Coca-Cola Thanksgiving Classic
and defeated UT-Martin 81-46.
Auburn previously broke open a
tight game with a 30-11 run.
Prior to beating UT-Martin in
Saturday's championship game,
the Tigers overcame a tough opponent by winning its first-ever overtime game in Beard-Eaves
Memorial Coliseum by defeating
Florida A&M 83-74. Sparrow was
the tournament's MVP.
Auburn is back in action Friday j
Dec. 4 against UAB and Sunday ,
Dec. 6 against Kentucky for its first
SEC game of the season in Beard- j
Eaves Memorial Coliseum.

Auburn volleyball team toppled by top-ranked Gators in SEC semifinals

BY MARY RUTH BOOKER

Staff Writer
Any hope of advancing in the
SEC Tournament was crushed
when Auburn volleyball was
defeated in the semifinals by topseeded Florida.
i' "We were looking to come out
and play good volleyball, but we
didn't," Coach Kris Grunwald
said.
"Maybe we were content with
making it to the semifinals, and

when you are going for a title,

that
isn't
enough," he
said.
Ja u n e 1 le
Hamilton,
sophomore
middle blocker, led the
team with 10
kills, hitting GRUNWALD
.059.
Sophomore outside
hitter
Brooke McCarley recorded eight
kills, hitting .269.

Fifth-ranked Florida took an

early lead to win games one and
two, 15-3. Auburn hit .082 with
12 kills and eight errors in game
one.
The Tigers recorded 11 kills,
hitting .027 and 10 errors in game
two.
Five service errors were recorded in game one.
Game three marked Auburn's
first shut out this season with a
score of 15-0.
The Tigers hit .028 with 26 kills,
23 errors and 106 attempts in the

match.
Auburn's loss to Florida came
after battling Georgia for a victory in the tournament's quarterfinal match.
"This was a huge match for us
to win. It was by far the most
emotional match we have played
this year," Grunwald said of the
Georgia game.
Auburn won with scores of 153,13-15,1-15,15-10,17-15.
Hamilton led the team with 21
kills hitting .261.
Amy Wilson, sophomore out-

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Georgia took an early lead in
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Georgia came back to tie the
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Auburn wrapped up the season with a record of 22-9.

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